322 Works on Gardening and Rural Affairs. 



Anon. Principi Pratici di Agricoltura e di Economia Rurale. Milan, 12mo. 



De Chabrol De Volvic, Comte de, Councillor of State, and Prefect of the 

 Seine. Statistique des Provinces de Savone, d'Oneille, d'Acqui, et de 



Sartie de la Provence de Mondovi, formant l'ancien De"partement de 

 lontenotte. Paris, 2 vols. 4to. plates. 

 This book is said, by the French critics, to be a model of its kind. The 

 gardens of Savonna and Port Maurice, we are informed, are surrounded by 

 high walls, and the principal fruit-trees are apricots, peaches, and lemons. 

 Round Acqui and CeVa the gardens are inclosed by hedges. Five thousand 

 oranges have been gathered from one tree at Savonna. Garden bulbs, 

 chiefly narcissi, but also ranunculi, anemonies, tuberoses, and hyacinths, 

 and some garden seeds, form articles of exportation, to the extent of 9 or 

 10,000 francs per annum. The chardoon attains a large size, frequently 

 weighing from 18 to 25lbs., and still very delicate and tender. In the 

 cantons of Noli, the olive plantations are the most extensive in the north of 

 Italy. Three varieties are cultivated ; they are raised from suckers, nursed 

 three years, and planted out the fourth year. The sixth year they produce 

 some fruit, and in the eighteenth they are in full bearing. Nearly the 

 same progress, it is observed, takes place with the apple-trees in Nor- 

 mandy, which are also raised from suckers; the parent trees being there, 

 as they are also in many parts of Germany, ungrafted apple-seedlings. No 

 tree is more liable to be injured by the wind than the olive, for which rea- 

 son it is generally planted in sheltered places ; and, indeed, it will not thrive 

 on elevated sites, or far from the sea. The walnut is not much cultivated ; 

 but, next to the orange and the olive, is the carob, Ceratonia siliqua, 

 which is given to horses, mules, oxen, sheep, and swine. Sweet chesnuts 

 are abundant, and form a principal source of nourishment for the moun- 

 tain population. They eat them either with milk or water, fresh in Autumn, 

 or kiln-dried in Winter and Spring. The author says, there are between 

 50 and 60 varieties of this fruit. The mulberry is extensively cultivated 

 for the silk-worm. The vine is but partially cultivated, and the wine pro- 

 duced is not good, because it is made from different sorts of grapes, which, 

 of course, cannot be all equally ripe at the same time. The arable land is 

 not extensive, and not very well cultivated. Maize yields eighty for one ; 

 artificial pastures are unknown. The reed is cultivated to be used as 

 laths for vaulted ceilings, as fences, hurdles for drying figs and other fruits, 

 and for rearing silk-worms. 



Spain. 



Da Corse Veillose, Joseph, Marquis of, L'Alographia dos Alkalis Fixos. 



Lisbon 8vo. 

 In an article in this work on the common sunflower, Helianthus annuus, 

 we are informed that in Portugal the young side shoots are eaten seasoned 

 with oil and salt ; bread is made of the seeds, and also a sort of groats; that 

 a us ful and edible oil may be expressed from them, and that they are good 

 for fattening poultry. The leaves of the plant form an excellent forage, 

 especially for cows and sheep. The stems will do for props for twining or 

 climbing plants ; afterwards they make good fuel, and their ashes afford 

 potash. In some parts of America they roast the seeds, and use them as 

 coffee. 



Sweden. 



Fries E lias. Plantae homonemeae; etiam sub titulo, Systema Orbis Vege- 

 tabilis. Lund. 8vo. 



