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REVIEWS. 



Art. I. Catalogue of Works on Gardening, Agriculture, Botany, Rural Archi- 

 tecture, Spc, lately published, with some Account of those considered the most 

 interesting. 



BRITAIN. 



A CATECHISM of Gardening, in which the most useful Culinary Plants in Cul- 

 tivation are enumerated ; and the easiest Methods of Management and Cidture 

 are familiarly described. Intended for the Use of Village Schools and Cottagers. 

 Written originally for the " British Farmer's Quarterly Magazine." By an 

 Old Practitioner. 12mo. London, 1834. Is. 



This is a cheap little practical work, by Mr. Main, and far better adapted, 

 as we think, for its avowed purpose than any of the tracts which have pre- 

 ceded it. All these tracts are, at the same time, dearer. The small type and 

 closely printed page of the catechism before us show that its benevolent and 

 intelligent author is perfectly serious in his wish to extend a knowledge of 

 horticulture to the humblest classes of society. 



A Treatise on Roads ; wherein the Principles on which Roads should be made are 

 explained and illustrated by the Plans, Specifications, and Contracts made use 

 of by Thomas Telford, Esq., on the Holyhead Road. By the Right Hon. 

 Sir Henry Parnell, Bart., Honorary Member of the Institution of Civil 

 Engineers, London. 8vo. London, 1833. \l. Is. 



This work, worth all the other works that have appeared on roads put 

 together, must soon find its way into the library of every country gentleman, 

 land steward, and professional man. We recommend all head gardeners to 

 procure the reading of it as soon as possible. They will find in it the er- 

 roneous points of Macadam's system detected scientifically; and one of the 

 most beautiful and perfect systems of ascertaining the state of a road, as to 

 the powers of draught required on it, its state of repair, &c, that can well be 

 imagined. The best roads in France, and especially in Lorraine, are formed 

 exactly as recommended by Mr. Telford. 



FRANCE. 



Le Jardin Fruitier ; Histoire et Cidture des Arbres Fruitiers, des Ananas, Me- 

 lons, et Fraisiers, §c. Par M. L. Noisette. 2d edit. In monthly 8vo. 

 Nos., with coloured plates, 5 francs each. Paris, 1833. 



Annates de Flore, et de Pomone ; ou Journal des Jardins et des Champs, par tine 

 Reunion de Praticiens. In monthly 8vo. Nos., 3 francs each. Paris, 1833. 



Flore des Serres et des Jardins de Paris, au xix e Siecle. In monthly 8vo Nos. 

 Paris, 1833. 



HOLLAND AND THE NETHERLANDS/ 



Fete Jubilaire Salon d'Hiver, 1834. 50me Exposition Publique de la Societe 

 Royale d' 'Agriculture et de Botanique a Gand. Pamphlet, 8vo, 49 pages. 

 Ghent, 1834. 



This pamphlet consists of lists of the plants exhibited, with names of the 

 exhibiters, or supposed exhibiters. As a custom not uncommon on the Con- 

 tinent, we may mention that funereal cypresses were exposed in the hall of 

 exhibition, in honour of the memory of certain gardeners or amateurs of gar- 

 dening deceased during the past year. The names of the exhibiters are given 

 alphabetically, and under each name a list of the flowers said to be exhibited 

 by them. Among the names of the exhibiters occurs that of the Duke of 

 Bedford, who is styled Cultivateur-Agronome a Londres. His Grace is said 

 to have exhibited Araucdria excelsa and Banksia latifolia ; Mr. Coke, Calti- 



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