322 General Notices. 



bosuni. The collection of green-house plants is very consider- 

 able, and, we believe, one of the best on the Continent. There 

 are some herbaceous plants enumerated, and a selection of roses 

 and dahlias. 



The Annual Catalogue of Fruit and Hardy Ornamental Trees^ 

 Shnd)s, Herbaceous Plants, Sfc, ivhich are cultivated for Sale in 

 the Nursery of William Kenrick, Nonantum Hill, in Nexicton, near 

 Boston, occupies 42 pages, and has an appendix of 4 pages on 

 the culture of the mulberry and the management of the silk- 

 vi^orm. The principal articles contained in this nursery are fruit 

 trees, and shov^^y ornamental plants and shrubs. The price of 

 every article is given; a practice w^hich, v\^e think, might be advan- 

 tageously imitated by British nurserymen. 



The New American Orchardist, or An Accoimt of the most valuable 

 Varieties of Fruit Trees of all Climates, adapted to Cidtivation 

 in the United States, with their History, Modes of Cidture, 

 Management, Uses, Sfc; and The Cidture of Silk. With an 

 Appendix on Vegetables, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, and Flowers. 

 By William Kenrick. Small 8vo; second edition, enlarged 

 and improved. Boston, 1835. 



We have before noticed the first edition of this v^^ork : that 

 now before us appears to have been carefully revised, and to 

 have received numerous additions and improvements from recent 

 European works. A chapter on the use of fruits for food and 

 health is added; and " the list of fruits, although so complete 

 in the former edition, is yet in this greatly improved, and espe- 

 cially of those fine new Flemish kinds ; and others now added, 

 which have been so lately proved at Chiswick by Mr. Thompson, 

 or, more latterly, approved with us." [Advert.) It is highly 

 gratifying to find a nurseryman so thoroughly acquainted with 

 the science of his art, and capable of producing so very useful 

 a work. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. General Notices. 



A Measuring Chain of 60 ft., containing 100 Links of 6 in. each, in all re- 

 spects on the same principle as Gunter's chain, except its length, has been found 

 peculiarly useful in measuring ground for the purpose of making a plan of 

 it. The reason is, that all the operations upon ground connected with gar- 

 dening are measured by jards, feet, and inches. — George Harland. Gateshead 

 Nursery, April 23. 1836. 



A Pruning Hoo/cfor Vines (fg.4!3.) has been sent us by Mr. James Bamford 

 of Hendon, Middlesex, who has planted a vinej'ard at Hendon, and who 

 finds the hooked part of this knife useful in preventing the point from injuring 

 adjoining shoots. We hope Mr. Bamford will favour us with some account of 



