260 Hortus Epsomensis. — On Soils and Manure, Sfc. 



south-east of the county of Durham, and in the vicinity of the Cumberland 

 lakes. The white rose of the south of Europe (7?6sa alba) has become 

 naturalised in one spot on the banks of the Tyne." 



Young, Messrs. Charles, James, and Peter, Nurserymen at Epsom in 

 Surrey : Hortus Epsomensis, or a Catalogue of Plants cultivated in the 

 Epsom Nursery. Part I. — Hardy Herbaceous Plants, Biennial and 

 Perennial. London. 12mo, pp. 55. Is. 



Messrs. Young have decidedly the best collection of herbaceous plants 

 in the neighbourhood of London, and we have here a catalogue of their 

 systematic names in alphabetical order, numbered, with the original autho- 

 rities added, and marks designating such as are O/rAideae, Filxces, Suffr\iti~ 

 eose, Twining, Bulbous, J^'uatic, Bog, Bienma\, Adapted for Rockv/ork, 

 Protection of a Frame or Mulch in winter. Requiring Peat soil, NeuAy 

 introduced. The marks for indicating these circumstances are arbitrary, 

 and afford no help to recollection, and therefore, rather than trouble gar- 

 deners to burden their memory with such marks, we should have pre- 

 ferred, more especially as there is no want of room, the letters of the words 

 which we have printed in italics: as Orch., Fil., SufF., Tw,, Bulb., Aq., 

 Bog, Bien., Rock, Frame, Peat, New. Much good might have been 

 eflfected by this catalogue in the way of improving the pronunciation of 

 gardeners, had the names been accented, and, considering where it was 

 printed, we hold Messrs. Young inexcusable for neglecting what would 

 have cost them so very little trouble, the more so, as we advised them on 

 the subject beforehand. The number of species enumerated is 4060, which, 

 with very few exceptions, are purchasable by the public. 



Anon. : A Dissertation on the Nature of Soils, and the Properties of Ma- 

 nure. To which is added, the Method of making a Universal Compost. 

 Edin. 8vo, pp. 60. 



This little work may do much good ; not that it sets forth any very new 

 discovery, but that it will call attention to many easy expedients, which are 

 ■within reach of the cultivator, but too much neglected as a profitable effort 

 in practice. After showing the advantage of the intermixture of different 

 soils which may be found on a farm, or their amalgamation to correct each 

 other's defects in respect of lightness or adhesiveness, the author describes 

 the qualities and quantities of what he calls the " universal compost." It 

 consists of 



50 lb. of English potash. 

 36 lb. of oleous, or any animal fat, substance. 

 112 lb. of mineral alkali, i. e. about 2 bushels common salt. 

 50 lb. of quick lime, or about 1 bushel. 



The expense of all these materials will cost about 1/. 45., and they are 

 sufficient for an acre. — J. M. 



Newhy, Thomas : Beta Depicta, or Remarks on Mangold Wurtzel, with an 

 Exposition on its utility, reduced from practical Experiments, and with 

 full Directions for its Culture, and the Management in feeding and fatten- 

 ing of Cattle. London. 8vo. 45. 



Saunders, John : The Kitchen-Garden Directory ; or a Treatise on the Cul- 

 tivation of such Vegetables as are grown in the open Air, alphabetically 

 arranged, with Observations on the Formation of Kitchen-Gardens. Lon- 

 don. 12mo. 5s. 6d. 



Clark, T., Jun., Nursery and Seedsman, Bridgewater: A Catalogue of 

 Seeds, Roots, Plants, and Books on Agriculture, Gardening, and Botany, 

 sold at his Seed-shop. Bridgewater. l6mo. 



