156 Literary Notices. 



Polygonatum, Maianthemum Wiggers, Streptopus, Paris, and 

 Tamus. 



Prince, Robert William, Author of a " Treatise on the Vine, &c;" 

 aided by William Prince, Proprietor of the Linnasan Botanic 

 Garden and Nurseries : The Pomological Manual ; or, a 

 Treatise on Fruits ; containing Descriptions of a great Number 

 of the most valuable Varieties for the Orchard and Garden. 

 In two Parts, 8vo, Part I. pp. 200, and Part II. pp. 216. 

 New York, 1832. (See IX. 612. and 354,.) 



This work, we have no doubt, is found of considerable use in 

 America ; and to cultivators in this country, who, like Mr. Saul, 

 are fond of introducing American fruits, it will also afford gra- 

 tification. Most of the varieties enumerated in Mr. Prince's 

 work are, we believe, in the collection of the Horticultural 

 Society's garden at Chiswick, and we therefore leave their merits 

 to be determined, in due time, by Mr. Thompson there. It is 

 rather to be regretted than otherwise; that there should be, among 

 many nurserymen and cultivators of fruits, a greater desire for 

 novelty than for excellence. 



Our readers will recollect that we gave a notice of Mr. Prince's 

 work previously to its appearance (in IX. 612.) ; and also that 

 there is another work on American fruits, entitled Kenrick's 

 New American Orchardist, reviewed in IX. 354. 



Art. II. Literary Notices. 



Dr. Lindley's Lady's Botany is now in the press. It will 

 form an 8vo volume, and be illustrated by numerous plates. It 

 is intended that this work shall be a familiar introduction to the 

 natural system of botany, on the model of Rousseau's celebrated 

 Letters. 



Hints on Landscape-Gar dening (Andeutungen liber Land- 

 schaftsgartnerei), with an account of their practical application at 

 Muskau, is announced by a bookseller at Stuttgardt as about to 

 be published. The author is Prince Puckler-Muskau. The 

 work is to appear in monthly 8vo numbers, at about 15s. sterling 

 each to subscribers, and 205. to non-subscribers. It will be 

 illustrated by 44 views and 4 plans, many of them coloured, and 

 will contain a description of the park of Muskau. The whole, 

 it is calculated, will be completed in 10 numbers. Subscribers 

 in England may send their names to Richter and Co., Soho 

 Square. We shall give the essence of each number, as we 

 receive it, in this Magazine. 



