582 Literary Notices. 



Catalogue of Floivers, Roots, Plants, 8$c, sold by Henry Groom, Florist, at 

 Walworth, near London. 1830. 18mo. 6c?. 



We notice this trifle for the sake of stating that the list of ranunculuses 

 is very well arranged in the manner of Tyso and Woollard, noticed in our 

 last Number, (p. 473.) 



Mangold Wurzel [erroneously spelled Mangel Wurtzel] : Report of the 

 Committee of the Doncaster Agricultural Association on the Advan- 

 tages of Mangold Wurzel as a Fallow Crop. Founded on Returns re- 

 ceived in Answer to the Queries r issued by the Committee. London, 1830. 

 Pamph. 8vo, pp. 7. 



" The advantages of mangold wurzel are these : — It is more sure to 

 plant, being very little liable to the fly or grub ; it will produce more 

 weight ; it is off the land earlier ; it is useful as a change of fallow crop, 

 when the land is tired of turnips; it will grow on land where turnips can- 

 not be raised; it is better spring food. On the other hand, in favour of 

 Swedish turnips, it may be said, that the weeding and singling out are less 

 expensive; there is rather more time for fallowing in the spring; the suc- 

 ceeding crop is better than after mangold wurzel. Perhaps cattle feed best 

 on Swedish turnips when they are used alone. It must, however, be 

 remarked, that these last two evidences in favour of Swedish turnips are 

 not fully proved, and only partially supported. In conclusion, perhaps 

 two observations may be of use. First, That the very early season at 

 which mangold wurzel should be sown, renders it highly expedient that 

 the land should be made as clean as possible in the autumn, so that a few 

 •days in the spring may be sufficient to get it into a proper state for the 

 reception of the seed. Secondly, That wet seasons do not suit mangold 

 wurzel so well as dry; and, consequently, for the last two years, the 

 Swedish turnips have been the more valuable crop of the two." 



Art. III. Literary Notices. 



The Genera and Species of Orchideous Plants. By John Lindley, Esq. 

 F.R.S. &c. Part I., Malaxideae, 8vo, 7s., is in an advanced state. This 

 work will consist of about five parts. 



The Introduction to the Natural Orders, by the same author, is just pub- 

 lished in 1 vol. 8vo. Price 12s. 



Arboretum Britannicum; or, the Description, History, Native Country and 

 Habitation, Uses, Cultivation, Botanical Figures, and characteristic Out- 

 lines of all the Trees and Shrubs which will endure the open air in Great 

 Britain. In 1 vol. 8vo. Edited by J. C. Loudon. This work is in pre- 

 paration by competent persons, under our guidance and inspection, and it 

 will be brought out as early as possible, in order to cooperate with our 

 Illustrations of Landscape-Gardening, &c. (see p. 576.), in promoting the 

 diffusion of a greater variety of trees in our useful and ornamental planta- 

 tions and pleasure-grounds. Besides botanical figures of the principal 

 species, skeleton outlines v/ill be given of the general shape and character 

 of the tree at different ages. In short, though the work will be highly con- 

 densed, so as to be sold cheap, yet the subject of hardy trees will be 

 exhausted. 



An Encyclopedia of Essential Knowledge for Women of all ranks, forming 

 a comprehensive system of female education in the most extensive sense of 

 the expression ; preceded by a general history of female education in all 

 ages and countries. This work, which will appear in separate volumes, is in 

 preparation by a fully competent and well known authoress. 



