452 Catalogue of Works on Gardening, 



45. On an improved Mode of heating Hot-houses, practised by 



M. Seidel at Dresden. 



Beds of sand are heated by flues placed in a vault under- 

 neath, and the pots are either sunk in the sand, or placed on 

 it, according to their respective natures and conditions. 



46. to 52. are Notices, Extracts, &c, of local Interest, and com- 



plete the volume. 



Art. IV. Catalogue qf Works on Gardening, Agriculture, Botany >• 

 Rural Architecture, fyc, lately published, tvith some Account 

 of those considered the most interesting. 



BRITAIN. 



JtlLEY, W.E.: Remarks on the Importation, and Result of the Introduc- 

 tion, of the Cachemire and Angora Goats into France ; and the extra- 

 ordinary Properties of the new Race, Cachemire- Angora ; with its 

 Capability of also rendering the Common Goat of value to the Colonists- 

 of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. Pamph. 8yo. London,. 

 1832. 



A great variety of information is here brought together on the subjecfc 

 of the Angora goat, its introduction into France, to England (at Weald 

 Hall in Essex), and of an attempt to carry it out to Australia. Mr. Riley 

 made two journeys to Paris, and each time brought over several of the 

 goats ; which we had the pleasure of seeing in perfect health, in April last,. 

 and which have been subsequently shipped to Sydney. 



The Cashmere Shawl Goat has been successfully introduced into England 

 by C. T. Tower, Esq., of Weald Hall, Essex ; and as that gentleman, by 

 this time, must have some of his flock to dispose of, we think their intro- 

 duction among cottagers, for their wool and also (as suggested Vol. V 

 p. 532.) for their milk, a fair subject for some of our female readers to 

 speculate on. This variety of the common goat (or, probably, it may be 

 a distinct species) is a fine-looking animal, and would be very ornamental 

 in a park, on a ruin, on the side of a rock, or in a churchyard. It would 

 also be very pleasant to have a home-made Cashmere shawl. We shall, 

 therefore, give all the information we can on the subject, from Mr. Tower's 

 account, as published in the last volume (xlvi.) of the Transactions of the 

 Society of Arts, The Cashmere goat was brought from Persia to France 

 during the time of Napoleon, and under his patronage, by the celebrated 

 M. Terneaux. In 1823, Mr. Tower, happening at that time to be in Paris, 

 purchased four of them, two males and two females, and succeeded in 

 conveying them safely to his residence in Essex. The soil of the park at 

 Weald Hall, where they have been kept ever since, is moist, and the situ- 

 ation is much exposed. The animals have, nevertheless, continued in health, 

 and multiplied rapidly; so that his present flock consists of twenty-seven, 

 including the four original ones. Of these latter, a polled female, which 

 was old when purchased by him, has every year produced at least one kid, 

 and has twice had twins. Those individuals of which the horns cross are 

 in Persia esteemed the best ; and one of Mr. Tower's last year's kids has 

 this peculiarity. They show no impatience of cold, and are very healthy j 

 requiring only the occasional shelter of a shed in very rough weather. In 

 spring, summer, and autumn they graze like sheep ; and, during winter, 

 have been fed with hay, and refuse vegetables from the garden j but their 



