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well as on other accounts, contributes to the dignity and 

 ornament of this part of the great horticultural establishment. 



Art. VII. Catalogue of Works on Gardening, Agriculture, Botany, 

 fyc. published since November last, with some account of those 

 considered the most interesting. 



British. 



Trotter, Alexander, Esq. of Dreghorn, near Edinburgh : Method of 

 Book-keeping. Edinburgh, 8vo. 



"The method of book-keeping which is here explained, has been, and 

 continues to be, that by which Mr. Trotter's books are actually kept ; the 

 printer's copy for this publication having been little else than a transcript 

 from these very books." The editor of the Farmer's Magazine states that 

 he has seen these original books, which, he says, " are kept, in fact, not by 

 Mr. Trotter himself, but by his agronome, Robert Guthrie, who seems to be 

 quite as much master of the system as his employer; and with few exceptions, 

 all the entries are in the hand-writing of this person or his daughter, the 

 latter indeed being the principal book-keeper ; and all these, the book of 

 yearly and day-labour, the journal and cash-book in one, and, the ledger, 

 are not only kept with great neatness and accuracy, but, what, we confess, 

 appeared at first quite incredible, — all the entries are made at by-hours, after 

 the labours of the day. Our scepticism on this point was the more 

 excusable, when it is known that the books we allude to are not confined, 

 like the published book, to the business of a single farm, but embrace all the 

 Dreghorn estate, including the house, garden, and pleasure grounds. The 

 fact is nevertheless certain. Let no one therefore be alarmed at the 

 demand upon his time which would be made by adopting this method. 

 {Farm. Mag. Vol. xxvi. p. 474.) 

 Botanical Sketches. London, 8vo. Old plates of the Linnean classes, with 



a new title. 

 Kirby, W. M.A., F.R. & L.S. Rector of Barham ; and William Spence, Esq. 

 F.L.S. An Introduction to Entomology ; or, Elements of the Natural 

 History of Insects. London. Vols. 5 & 4. 



This interesting and valuable work being now completed, will soon find 

 its way into every gentleman's library, and as it contains much instructive 

 matter respecting the insects of gardens, we would advise every reading 

 gardener to ask the loan of it from his master, and to peruse it with care. 

 When we can find room, we shall make appropriate extracts. 

 Dacre, The Rev.B. A.L.S. Testimonies in Favour of Salt as Manure, and a 



Condiment for Horse, Cow, and Sheep, &c. London, 8vo. 

 Finlayson, John, of Kaims, Muirkirk, Inventor and Patentee of the Self- 

 cleaning Ploughs and Harrows: The British Farmer; or, a Series of 

 Scientific and Practical Essays on Agriculture ; to which is added the 

 Ploughman's Guide. London. 8vo. 7 copper-plates. 

 The first chapter of this work, treats of the patent Self-cleaning Plough, 

 and the second of the Art of Ploughing, or the Ploughman's Guide. The 

 purpose of both is to describe and recommend the different ploughs of the 

 author's invention. Chap. 5. treats of putrescent manures, and enters into 

 the details of fermenting peat moss, by Lord Meadowbank's method ; and 

 of improving moss, by the application of lime, burning, &c. Indeed the 

 subject of moss and muirlands occupies almost the whole of this book ; the 

 implements which its author has invented being more especially adapted for 

 working moors, heaths, and rough lands. Chap. 4. treats on furrow trench- 



