192 DaJilia Register for 1836. 



" Man has been doomed to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow. Ex- 

 perience confirms that the industry of an individual, closely applied to the 

 cultivation of the soil in the temperate climes of the world, is more than ade- 

 quate to supply sustenance to himself. It is a beautiful feature in farming, 

 that agricultural improvements furnish additional food, increase almost every 

 comfort, and ameliorate climate. The goodness of God to man is thus mani- 

 fested, in providing him with the means of subsistence, and a reward according 

 to his industry." 



Art. III. The Annual Dahlia Register Jor 1836 : containing Par- 

 ticulars of the Introduction of the Dahlia into this Country, Mode 

 of Cultivation and Management, the Properties of a good Flower, 

 Arrangement of Stands for Shows, Shoiv Flowers, 8fc. 8fc.; up- 

 wards of Fifty highly coloured Figures of dissimilar Dahlias, con- 

 sisting chiefly of 'very superior new Flowers, with Catalogues of 

 Growers, also, Specimetis of several old Flowers, with an Alpha- 

 betical Index of 700 Varieties of the Dahlias ; and an Account of 

 Exhibitions held iii England and Jersey in 1835. By an Amateur. 

 Royal 8vo. London, 1836. Price 1^. 10*. 



The titlepage so fully explains the nature of this work, that 

 little remains for us to do, except to describe the manner in 

 which it is executed. The engravings are from drawings by 

 Woodi'ofFof Bath, and Wakling of Walworth. They are printed 

 from stone, and very well coloured. The letterpress consists of 

 14 pages of introductory matter, almost entirely extracted from 

 gardening periodicals, and from an article on the dahlia, published 

 in Baxter's Library of Agriculture and Horticulture^ and written 

 by J. Mantell, F.L.S. The remainder of the work consists of 

 the enumeration of the dahlias that were exhibited at 45 different 

 shows during the year 1835, with their prices, and the height 

 to which the plants grow. It thus appears to be for the dahlia- 

 grower, what the Gooseberry Boole is for the gooseberry-grower: 

 and to those cultivators who speculate in this popular flower, it 

 will doubtless be found a very useful work. 



Art. IV. Catalogue of Works on Gardening, Agriculture, Botany, 

 Rural Architecture, Sfc, lately published, with some Account of 

 those considered the more interesting. 



De Cjndollh, M. Aug. Pyr. : Notice sur les Graines de I'Ananas. 

 (Extrait de tome vii. des " Memoires de la Societe de Phy- 

 sique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Geneve.) 



It appears not to be commonly known at Geneva, that the 

 circumstance of the pine-apple ripening seeds in Europe is by 

 no means uncommon, and that, in consequence, a number of 

 new varieties from seed have been procured in England. The 

 rarity of the appearance of seeds at Geneva induced M. Aug. 



