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We notice this catalogue for the sake of expressing our approbation of 

 the plan of seedsmen keeping a small stock of books, such as that selected 

 hy Mr. Clark. Young gardeners seldom have an opportunity of reading 

 newspapers, or being in booksellers' shops; almost their only lounge is the 

 seed-shop, and therefore that is the place where an opportunity should be 

 afforded them of coming in contact with books on their art, or on the 

 sciences more intimately connected with it. 



Felton, S., Esq., Author of Miscellanies on Ancient and Modern Gardening, 

 a Life of Sir Joshua Reynolds, and other Works ; a most enthusiastic lover 

 of gardening, possessing a mind richly stored with almost every description 

 of literary knowledge : On the Portraits of English Authors on Garden- 

 ing. London. 8vo, pp.56. 2«. 



_ The names of those gardeners of whom portraits have been published are 

 given, with short historical notices; and a biographical enumeration, in 

 chronological order, follows, of those gardening authors of whom no portraits 

 are known to be in existence. A larger work, entitled Gleanings on Gardens, 

 is announced by the same author, which, to readers of leisure, will afford 

 considerable entertainment. 



White, J., Baker, Dunbar : A Treatise on Agriculture and the Art of Bak- 

 ing. Dunbar. 8vo. 9s. 



A Selection fi'om German Prose Writers, with a Double Translation. Lon- 

 don. Hunt and Clark. 8vo, 5s, 



This is one of the best books ever published for acquiring a knowledge 

 of the German language, and we can strongly recommend it to every young 

 gardener who has that object in view. 



France. 



Annates de la Societe d'' Horticulture de Paris, ^c, Paris. In 8vo Livraisons, 

 monthly. 15 fr. in Paris, 18/r. in London, for twelve Livraisons (one 

 year). 



Liv. III. for November, 1827, contains 

 1. Memoires, Rapports, Sfc. — Notice of M. Vibert's work on the 

 Cockchaffer, (Vol. III. p. 334.) — Report on M. Sageret's work on the 

 culture of Cucurbitaceae, by M.Pirolle. Gourds and pompions of every 

 kind can be engrafted on melons of every kind ; but melons of no kind 

 will fecundate or be fecundated by gourds or pompions. Gourds, there- 

 fore, may be cultivated close to melons, without fear of adulteration. — 

 Mr. Lindley's paper on Persian melons (Vol. II. p. 443.) is translated. — 

 The value of Sugar-baker's Scum, as manure, is treated of. It is said to be 

 good for melons, onions, and most herbaceous plants. It contains generally 

 0'75 of phosphate of lime, 0'12 of carbon, O'll of carbonate of lime, and 

 0'04 of muriate of soda, silica, alumina, and organic matter, incompletely 

 carbonised ; literally, clotted blood. 



2. Notices, Analyses, 8fc. — On the culture of Camellias. — On the Ma- 

 dura aurantiaca, which is perfectly hardy in the neighbourhood of Paris, 

 and the timber of which is called bow-wood in Louisiana, where the tree 

 attains a large size, and is said to be fit for various uses. The fruit, it is 

 conjectured, may admit of as much improvement as other wild fruits, the 

 cultivated varieties of which now decorate our tables. The milky juice, of 

 which three fruits will yield a pint, may be found useful in medicine. — Viart's 

 Jardiniste Moderne, 1 vol. 12mo, is noticed. It treats of landscape-gar- 

 dening, and concludes with a description of the author's magnificent park 

 of Bruneheau. near Etampes. We should feel much obliged to our corre- 

 spondent Mr. Blaikie, if he would favour us with his opinion of this park. 



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