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the loss of time in going and returning, &c. The remedy for these evils is 

 obvious, but so extremely difficult to put in practice, that the author 

 despairs of ever seeing it generally adopted in any country. 



Shnee, Pastor at Schartau : Handbuch fur Engehende Hausmiitter, &c, or 

 Manual for Young Housekeepers. Halle, 8vo. 



Borchmeyer : Deutschlands Baumzucht, &c. or, the Description and Culture 

 of all the Forest Trees grown in Germany. Munster, 8vo. 



Pfeil, Dr. : Kritische Blaetter fur Forst-und Jagdwissenschaft, &c. Critical 

 Journal of Forest Culture and Game. Berlin, 2 vols. 8vo. 



Niemann, Professor. Vaterlaendische Waldberichte, &c. Information on 



the Culture of Forests, &c. Altona, 8vo. 

 Bernhardi et Volker : Deutschen Garten Magazin. Weimar, vol.1, partiv. 



4to. Coloured plates. 



This magazine has hitherto been filled with translations ; the present 

 part is chiefly indebted to Mr. Lindley's Collectanea Botanica, the Horti- 

 cultural Transactions, and the Memoirs of the Caledonian Horticultural 

 Society. The plates are coloured figures of plants from the works men- 

 tioned, and from the Botanical Register. 

 Voigt : Ueber die Auf bewahrung des Getreides, &c. On the Preservation of 



Grain. Lipsic, 8vo. 3 plates. 

 Sprengel, Curt. Professor of Botany at Halle : Systema Vegetabilium, vol. 



5, 8vo. 

 Muller, D. E. Ueber den Afterraupenfrass in den Frsenkischen Kieferwal- 



dungen ; or, Ravages committed by the Caterpillars, of different Species 



of Tenthredo, in the Pine Forests of Franconia, &c. Aschaffenbourg, 8vo. 



7 plates. 



During 1819 and 1821, several thousands of acres of pines were entirely 

 destroyed by T. pini, pinastri, juniperi, and erythrocephala. The produc- 

 tion of these insects is favoured by heat and drought; a female lays 100 

 eggs at one time ; the natural checks to their progress are, some other insects, 

 most birds, the mouse, the squirrel, the wild hog, fox, &c. The power ot 

 man to check them on a large scale is so very limited that the author does 

 not propose to call it into action. 

 Kasthofer, C. Bemerkungen auf Einer Alpenreise, &c. Berne, 8vo. 



This work consists of observations made during excursions in the Alps, 

 some of which are interesting, as they respect the Swiss dairies. These are 

 constructed in places abounding with spring-water, and banks are formed 

 in them, in which the vessels float that contain the milk. In this situation 

 the milk remains five days; it is then creamed, and the curd pressed till it 

 is completely dry. Next it is reduced to powder, and mixed with a certain 

 quantity of salt, and the powdered leaves of Trifolium melilotus caerulea. 

 After this the mass is put into form, and being powerfully pressed, is the 

 celebrated Gruyere cheese. 



Verhandlungen des Vereins zur Beforderung des Gartenbaues, &c. or, Trans- 

 actions of the Prussian Gardening Society. Parts 3 and 4, 4to. 9 plates. 



A considerable part of these transactions consists of papers on landscape 

 gardening, to which most of the plates are illustrations. Their author is 

 Mr. Lenn£, already noticed (p. 318.) as having published his observations 

 on the gardening of this country. We shall, in succeeding numbers, select 

 what we consider most interesting. 



Italy. 

 Tartini Salvatici, Ferd. Dell' Utilita di estendere all' Estero il Commercio 



dei Vini Toscani. Florence, 8vo. 

 Fomaini, D. Ant. Saggio sopra PUtilita di ben conservare e preservare le 

 Foreste. Florence, 8vo. 



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