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of plants, and we should therefore wish to see them more generally in the 

 hands of practical men. The object of the present tract is to prove that 

 the sea has once occupied the eastern vallies of Norfolk, and the valley of 

 the Yare, as far or farther than the city of Norwich ; consequently that it 

 would not be difficult to deepen the river from Yarmouth to Norwich, so as 

 to render it navigable; or to form a canal between Norwich and the sea, 

 and render that city a port for shipping. The work is neatly executed, and 

 of considerable local interest. 



Waistell, Charles, Esq. Chairman of the Committee of Agriculture of the 

 Society of Arts, edited by Joseph Jopling, Architect, Member of the In- 

 stitution of Civil Engineers, inventor of the Septenary System of gener- 

 ating Lines by simple continuous Motion, Instruments for drawing 

 Curves, &c. &c. : Designs for Agricultural Buildings, including Labourers' 

 Cottages, Farm-Houses, and Out-Offices, conveniently arranged around 

 Fold-yards, and adapted to Farms of various Sizes and Descriptions ; to 

 which are prefixed, an Essay on the Improvement of the Condition of 

 Cottagers, necessary preliminary Information (illustrated by Wood-cuts) 

 for constructing Agricultural Buildings, and Explanations on the several 

 Designs ; together with an improved Field Gate, and Stand for a Corn 

 Rick. To which are added, Plans and Remarks on Caterham Farm- 

 yard, as it formerly was ; and also as it has been improved. London. 8vo. 

 pp. 115. 12 Plates. 



We have not at present space to admit of going into details respecting 

 this work, but we cannot delay giving it as our opinion that it is by far the 

 best that has yet appeared on the subject of which it treats. Every country 

 architect and builder, and every land-steward, will find in it most valuable 

 information/ which, if acted on, would greatly improve every description of 

 agricultural buildings and cottages in point of comfort, convenience, dura- 

 bility, and effect. Having, ourselves, paid a good deal of attention to this 

 subject, we feel some confidence in offering our opinions. 



Collyns, W. Esq. Surgeon, Kenton, near Exeter : Ten Minutes' Advice to 

 my Neighbours, on the Use and Abuse of Salt as a Manure ; with Direc- 

 tions for its Application in Gardens, Lawns, and Pleasure Grounds. 

 Exeter. Pamph. 8vo. 4th Edit. Is. 



The object of Mr. Collyns, who our readers will recognise as our corre- 

 spondent on the subject of his pamphlet (Gard. Mag. vol. i. p. 401 and 

 vol. ii. p. 1 60.), is to shew his neighbours how they " may avoid their 

 heavy lime bills, by substituting a dressing more efficacious, and twenty 

 times as cheap." The high duty has till lately prevented salt from being 

 used as a manure ; but the washing of the lime-pits, and refuse salt, has 

 always been eagerly bought up in Cheshire and other saline districts for 

 that purpose. One farmer near Droitwich sowed wheat, seven years in 

 succession, on a field of three acres, and had every year a fair average crop, 

 having dressed with salt only. Salt, from sea-water, Mr. C. considers the 

 best for agricultural purposes ; and, after a variety of experiments, he is 

 convinced that the preferable mode of application is to sow it on the sur- 

 face, and harrow it in. The following is given as a recapitulation of Mr. C.'s 

 experience as to quantity per acre. 



K For fallows, from 15 to 50 bushels per acre; for wheat and rye, from 

 5 to 20 bushels ; for barley, oats, peas, and beans, from 5 to 16 bushels ; for 

 turnips mangel wurzel, and other green crops, 15 bushels per acre, in Ja- 

 nuary or February; for meadows and other grass lands, 15 bushels per acre 

 before Christmas, or anytime after, during hard frost; for potatoes, 10 

 bushels per acre. These proportions are for the first application only, as 

 afterwards much less will be sufficient ; for hay, a quarter of a hundred- 



