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they were highly gratified. Afterwards, quitting the Seine, and 

 passing by Fontainebleau, they arrived at the siliceous plain of 

 table land known as the Plateau de Gatinais. A few leagues far- 

 ther, beyond Nogent, they arrived at Barris; an estate of upwards 

 of 1200 acres, belonging to M. Vilmorin. The nature of the soil 

 of this estate (an argillaceous sand) is detailed at length, accom- 

 panied by the particulars of several experiments tried upon it by 

 chemical analysis. The kind of culture practised by M. Vilmo- 

 rin, during the last thirty years, on this estate is next described. 

 Under this head we find that a considerable portion of it is 

 planted with trees of different kinds, European and American ; 

 including a number of species of oaks and pines, the cedar of 

 Lebanon, and the larch. M. Vilmorin has made extraordinary 

 exertions to render this tract of poor soil productive ; and, pos- 

 sessing, as he does, a scientific knowledge both'pf agriculture and 

 horticulture, he has been eminently successful. The original 

 price of the land, and its present value, are not given, but we 

 have no doubt of the difference between them being immense, 

 from the improvements it has undergone. 



We are glad to find that the Corsican pine (Pinus Laricio) 

 grows in the poor soil of M. Vilmorin's estate with extraordinary 

 vigour. Sown where it is intended finally to remain, it has, in 

 eight years, attained the height of twelve feet; having grown 

 eight feet during the last three years. This tree, in Corsica, 

 M. Vilmorin states, grows to the height of 150 feet, and would 

 make excellent masts for ships, were not its timber rather too 

 pondei'ous for that purpose, (p. 78.) 



Poiteau, A., and Vilmorin: Le Bon Jardinier, Almanach pour 

 l'Annee 1834. 12mo. Paris, 1834. 



A new edition of this excellent work continues to be pub- 

 lished annually ; preceded by a short notice of the principal im- 

 provements of the past year. There is scarcely any thing in 

 the notices which precede the present edition that is not already 

 well known to the English reader ; unless we except a new 

 variety of winter wheat with reddish flowers, said to be very pro- 

 ductive ; viz., Froment blanc dliiver djleurs rougeatres (Xriticum 

 candidum). We should suppose that this variety may be obtained 

 of M. Vilmorin and Co., Paris. 



Nees von EsenbecJc, T7i. Fr. Lud. t Phil, et Med. Doctore, &c. : 

 Genera Plantarum Floras Germanicae Iconibus et Descrip- 

 tionibus illustrata. 



Of this excellent work, whose scope and character we have 

 made known in IX. 451., the second fasciculus has just reached 

 us. The genera illustrated in it are, Typha, £parganium, 

 -^'coruSjCalla, /rum, Juncus, Luzula, Triglochin, ScheuchzenVz, 

 Peratrum, Tofield/a, Smilax, Puscus, Asparagus, Convallaria, 



