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when artists are "all for the Gothic," its " greater variety of form and out- 

 line is found better suited to the scenery of this country, than the Greek 

 temple, or Italian villa ; " and, when they are " all for the Grecian," then 

 its cubical masses and simple contour admit of the greatest quantity of ac- 

 commodation within the smallest extent of wall and roof, while its horizon- 

 tal lines contrast in a superior manner with the upright forms of woody 

 scenery. There is no safety for an artist, but in being able in every case 

 to trace to their source the causes of the pleasure which he derives from 

 objects, and to exercise this power in the examination of his own composi- 

 tions. 



Mr. Hunt is evidently an artist of superior taste and industry, and, we 

 doubt not, will profit by these remarks ; at any rate, after having had every 

 thing he could wish in the way of praise from contemporary periodicals, any 

 thing like a dissentient voice must be quite refreshing to him. 



France. 



Ckevallier, M.F.F. : Flore geuerale des environs de Paris, selon lamethode 

 naturelle ; description de toutes les plantes agames, cryptogames, et pha- 

 nerogames, qui y croissent spontanement, leurs propriety's, leur usage dans 

 la medecine, les arts, et l'e'conomie domestique, avec 1 8 tableaux icono- 

 graphiques. Tom. i. Paris. 8vo, pp. 648., col. fig. 16/?-. 

 This promises to be a valuable work. The first volume contains a new 

 classification of agamous (non-sexual) plants, and a description of the nume- 

 rous genera and species which belong to that class of the vegetable kingdom. 

 The habitation of each species, the circumstances which favour its develope- 

 ment, the mode of its reproduction, its uses or inconvenience in rural and 

 domestic economy, are all carefully indicated. The figures are for the 

 purposes of aiding the botanical descriptions. 



Fontanelles, F. F., Physician to the Prince de Conde : L'Art de cultiver \es 

 Muriers, by the Count Charles Verri ; translated from the Italian, with 

 Notes. Lyons. 8vo, pp. 87. 



The cultivation of the mulberry appears to be as popular on the Conti- 

 nent as in Britain. The present work treats on the management of the 

 plants, from sowing the seeds or planting the cuttings in the nursery, to 

 gathering the leaves from the full-grown trees. It is favourably spoken 

 of by Count Dandolo, by Deby, and others who have written on the 

 subject. 



Dutrochet, M. H., French Correspondent of the Institute, and Author of 

 some original Works on Physiological Botany : Agent immediat du 

 Mouvement vital deVoile dans sa Nature et dans son Mode d' Action chez 

 les Vegetaux et chez les Animaux. Paris. 8vo. pp. 226. 

 The name of Dutrochet is well known in the scientific world, as con- 

 nected with anatomical and physiological researches. (Gard. Mag., vol. i. 

 p. 76. and vol. ii. p. 254.) In the present work he is considered to have 

 surpassed all his predecessors in illustrating the laws of vital motion in 

 plants ; and, as far as we are able to form a decisive opinion on the subject, 

 we think he has discovered the immediate cause of the ascent of the sap . 

 The various phytologists who have preceded Dutrochet, and especially 

 those of the latter end of the last century, have afforded us a very correct 

 knowledge of the organs of plants ; but it seems to have been reserved for 

 this philosopher to have determined their use in a more precise manner 

 than has hitherto been done. 



The organs by which the sap ascends, M. Dutrochet has demonstrated to 

 be those simple tubes, utterly devoid of valves and without any lateral 

 intercommunication, which are situated both in the soft and hard wood. 



