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those above mentioned, where the regulai' style could be used 

 with advantage, M. Sckell does not venture to decide ; but a 

 refined taste, when every circumstance is considered, will 

 easily determine. 



(Tb be continued.') 



Art. II. Hortus Wobiirnensis ; a descriptive Catalogue of upwards 

 of Six Thousand Species of ornamental Plants cultivated in the 

 Gardens at Woburn Abbey ; nxiith numerous illustrative Plans for 

 the Erection of Houses Jor Forcing, Green-houses, 8^c., and an 

 Account of the Management of them throughout the Year. By 

 James Forbes, A.L.S. C.M.H.S. &c., Gardener to his Grace the 

 Duke of Bedford, K.G. 8vo, 440 pages ; twenty-six litho- 

 graphed prints. London, 1833. Medium paper, 16s.; royal 

 paper, with proof prints, \l. IO5. ; royal paper, with proof 

 prints coloured, 21. 2s. 



" The first part of the work contains a descriptive cata- 

 logue, in abbreviated terms, of the generic and specific cha- 

 racters of upwards of 6000 plants, such as are best adapted 

 for the green-house, plant stove, or decoration of the pleasure- 

 ground, or such as appear the most interesting to the botanist 

 and amateur in the British flower-garden ; the descriptions of 

 which, although much compressed by being confined within 

 a small compass, will render considerable assistance in the 

 identifying of the numerous genera and species. These dis- 

 tinguishing peculiarities will, it is hoped, characterise the 

 arrangement of the plants in this work from those of any 

 other catalogue. The accompanying Glossary will elucidate 

 the various abbreviations in the catalogue part of the work. 



" The second part comprises the plans of the parterres, 

 pleasure-grounds, green-houses, plant stoves, heathery, and 

 other erections, with a description of the different subjects 

 enumerated, the soil, and the general management best adapted 

 for the growth of the Cape, Botany Bay, and other exotic 

 plants. 



" The third part is confined to the plans and details re- 

 lative to the kitchen-garden department, with lists of the 

 fruits cultivated ; and comprises numerous designs for the 

 erection of forcing-houses, culinary pits, &c., with an account 

 of the materials best adapted for their erection, and mode of 

 heating by hot-water pipes, &c. ; and lastly, the general 

 routine of culture pursued throughout the year in the forcing 

 department." 



This indication of the scope and office of the book is 



