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perhaps some might be found possessing a resin similar to that of the mul 

 berry ; or perhaps some compot of resin and the leaves of some plant might 

 be prepared or cooked, and the worms fed with it as sheep are with oil-cake, 



Leuchs, T. C. : Translated from the German of A. Bulos ; L'Art de conserve! 

 Ies Substances alimentaires, &c» Paris, 12mo. 



This work is divided into four books : 1. Operations for preserving sub- 

 stances, and prolonging their duration ; 2. Application of those operations 

 to alimentary substances of the first necessity ; 3. Places and utensils ; 4. The 

 theory of the art. 



Aubergier, M. Nouvelle Methode de Vinification, &c. Paris, 12mo. 

 Sageret, M. Member of the Central Agricultural Society of Paris : Me- 

 moire sur les Cucurbitacees, principalement surle Melon, avec des Consi- 

 derations sur la Production des Hybrides, des Varietes, &c. Paris, 8vo. 

 The Author, elsewhere honourably mentioned (Gard.Mag. 65.), proposes, 

 1. To determine and describe the different species and varieties; 2. To 

 ascertain to what extent these species and varieties intermingle by fecund- 

 ation, either spontaneously or artificially ; and, 3. To study their culture. 

 He gives a project of nomenclature, by which the cucumber, melon, water- 

 melon, and pumpkin are made distinct genera ; but as this tract is an- 

 nounced as only the forerunner of a more extensive treatise on the same 

 subject, we shall defer for the present any further examination of M. Sa- 

 geret's arrangement. 



Germany. 



Schwerz, A 7 "., Director of the Experimental Agricultural Institution of the 

 King of Wurtemberg, Author of some excellent Works on the Agriculture 

 of the Netherlands and Alsatia : Anleitung zum praktischen Ackerbau, &c. 

 Instructions on Practical Agriculture. Stuttgard, 8vo. 15 Plates. 5 flor. 



Brawn, Gustave: Bericht fiber meinen zweiten Versuch nut dein Anbau des 

 Astragalus Boeticus, &c. Notice of my Second Essay on the Cultivation 

 of Astragalus Boeticus as a substitute for Coffee. Nuremberg, 8vo. 



Vander-Plaai, D. M., of Leuwarden : Ueber den Anbau des Astragalus, &c. 

 On the Culture and Use of Astragalus Bceticus as a substitute for Coffee. 



The plant alluded to in these two memoirs is already cultivated to such 

 an extent in some parts of Germany, that the seeds have become an article 

 of commerce, like the roots of chiccory, and the carrot, for the same pur- 

 pose. The culture is the same as that of the common pea, with this differ- 

 ence, that the pods of the Astragalus are gathered as they ripen. Two 

 thirds of the seeds are mixed with one third of coffee-beans, roasted to- 

 gether, put in bottles or vases well corked or closed, and taken out as 

 wanted to be ground. It is sold at the same price as cafe a chicoree, which 

 is generally about one third part cheaper than the true coffee. Coffee from 

 burnt carrots is not much in use at present, but was common in the north 

 of Germany and Poland in 1813. 



It might be worth while for some of our readers to try these seeds, and 

 also those of several others of our indigenous Leguminosae, such as La- 

 thyrus, Vicia Cracca, Lathyroides, and other species. 



Graffen, F. G. Auf Erfahrung gegriindeter Unterricht, &c. Directions for 

 the Management of Sheep, founded on Experience. Leipsic, 8vo. 9 gr. 



Scholser: Fasslicher Unterricht ueber die Bienen. Instructions for the 



Management of Bees. Brunn, 8vo. 12 gr. 

 Andre, C. Abhandlungen aus dem Forstund Jagdwesen. Dissertations on 



Forest Management and the Chase. Prague, 4to. 2 r. thlr. 16 gr. (2 



rix-dbllars, 16 groschen.) 



