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REVIEWS. 



Art. T. Catalogue of WorJcs on Gardening, Agriculture, Botany^ 

 Rural Architecture, &jc., lately published, ivith some Account 

 of those considered the most interesting, 



Drummond^ W. a?id Sotis, Nursery and Seedsmen, Stirling : 

 Report of the Exhibition of Agricultural Productions, &c., 

 held at Stirling, from Nov. 16. 1832, to March 13. 1833, 

 with Communications on the following important Subjects : 

 viz., Wedge and Tile Draining ; Thorough Drainage, and 

 Deep Ploughing ; Bones as a Manure ; and the Improve- 

 ment of Agricultural Plants. Pamph. 8vo. Stirling, 

 1833. Is. 



We have before (Vol. VIII. p. 639.) noticed the meritorious 

 exertions of Messrs. Drummond in originating this description 

 of agricultural exhibition ; and we have great pleasure in per- 

 ceiving, by the pamphlet of which the above is the title, that 

 it has continued with increasing prosperity and usefulness. 

 " The rapidity with which, from being merely Drummond and 

 Sons' exhibition, it has assumed the character of that of the 

 whole surrounding country, could scarcely have been antici- 

 pated." In order to give our readers some idea of the effect 

 of this exhibition, we may state that Messrs. Drummond's 

 premises consist of one long room, and that the articles were 

 arranged along the sides of the room, with a broad open 

 space as a path in the middle. The arrangement, as far as 

 practicable, was in species and varieties, in order to aid com- 

 parison. The first division consisted of roots and vegetables, 

 being chiefly turnips, but partly also carrots, potatoes, man- 

 gold wurtzel, and cabbage. The second consisted of specimens 

 of grain, among which were a great many different sorts of 

 wheat, a number of sorts of barley, oats, rye, beans, vetches, 

 and millet. The third class consisted of manufactured pro- 

 duce, such as wheaten flour, barley meal, pease flour, oat- 

 meal of various kinds, pot barley, linseed meal, split beans, 

 half-ground beans for cow-feeders, malt, potato flour, tapi- 

 oca of the potato, true tapioca, India arrow-root flour, mac- 

 caroni, Dunlop and other cheeses, including ewe-milk 

 cheese. The fourth class consisted of grasses and herbage 

 plants, in seeds, in dried specimens, and in bundles. The 



