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can hardly be seen in other parts of the country. — M. Fill-* 

 telman exhibited fruit from sweet chestnut trees, which had 

 been grafted on oaks [both belong to the same order, Cupuli- 

 ferse], and a plant of Chionanthus virgmica grafted on jFraxi- 

 nus excelsior [both Oleinse]. It was also mentioned that at 

 Schumegh, in Hungary, a 72osa semperflorens produced 1680 

 blossoms in the year 1820, 2765 in 1821, and 2183 in 1823, 



59. On the Flowering of Vines. By M. Keller, at Freiburg ir* 



Breisgau. 



It is often observed in vineyards that healthy plants, evert 

 in favourable seasons, never produce any fruit. This is 

 sometimes occasioned by the plants producing only male 

 flowers ; and in these cases the anthers are sessile, or, if the 

 filaments are present, the anthers are wanting. A second 

 cause of this failure is when only female organs are developed, 

 which, however, are sometimes impregnated by insects with 

 the pollen of other plants, and therefore produce berries only 

 very sparingly. A third and very prevalent cause is, when 

 the calyx opens on the top, and forms a basin, which retains 

 water about the organs of impregnation, and thereby hinders 

 them from performing their respective functions ; although 

 plants of the above description grow very vigorously and 

 healthily, in consequence of their not producing any fruits, 

 they should be either destroyed, or reingrafted from a plant 

 that flowers perfectly. 



The above comprise all that is interesting to the British 

 gardener, in Vol. II. of these Transactions^, with the exception 

 of a plan for laying out aferme ornee, by M. Linne, and the 

 working plans of the public garden at Magdeburg, which 

 we shall give on some future occasion. 



We have just received the second part of the seventh 

 volume of this work. 



Art. IV. Catalogue of Works on Gardening, Agriculture, Botany, 

 Rural Architecture, S^c, published since January 1831, with some 

 Account of those considered the most interesting. 



THE Quarterly Journal of Education. In Quarterly Numbers, 8vp> 

 Commenced Jan. 1. 1831. Knight. Numbers I. to IV. 5s. each. 

 We have been disappointed in this publication. Education is, no doubt, 

 a word that includes a great deal ; and for this reason, we suppose, the 

 editor of the work before us feels justified in reviewing such books as 

 Plutarch's Lives, A Description of Home, Conder's Italy, Williams on The 



