194 DoJi's General System of Gardenings Sj-c. 



REVIEWS. 



Art. I. A General St/stem of Gardening and Botany, 8^ c, founded 

 upon Millers " Gardener s Dictionary," and arranged according to 

 the Natural System. By George Don, F.L.S. Vol. III., 867 pages, 

 with numerous woodcuts, 3/. 125. ; or in monthly parts, 65. each. 

 London, 1835. To be completed in 4 vols. 



We have noticed the two preceding volumes of this excel- 

 lent work in VIII. 203. 698. It goes on with the same accu- 

 racy, with improved engravings, and with some important 

 changes in the orders and tribes. Of the latter the most valu- 

 able is a new division of the genus -Erica, an abstract of which 

 we have given in X. 401., and which will be adopted in the 

 next Additional Supplement to our Hortus Britannicus. There is 

 one excellent feature in Mr. Don's work, to which the attention 

 of the public ought to be particularly directed ; and that is, the 

 illustration given of most of the natural orders by the engrav- 

 ings of the dissected parts of plants. 



The fourth volume, we understand, will be published in parts, 

 as they are written, and not in an entire volume first, and in 

 parts afterwards, as has hitherto been the case. W^e hope, when 

 the work is completed, there will be a republication of the whole, 

 in monthly parts, at 25. 6d. or 5s. each, for the convenience of 

 gardeners; for at present the work can only be recommended to 

 their employers. To all who have any fondness for plants, and 

 who wish to have a really good book in their library, we most 

 strongly rejcommend this work. 



Art. II. Ze BonJardinier, Almanack pour I'Annee, 1835, Sfc. Par 

 A. Poiteau et Vilmorin. 12mo, 1046 pages, 1 plate. Paris, 1835. 



This long and firmly established work continues to maintain 

 its reputation. Prefixed to it is a list of the additions and cor- 

 rections for the year 1835. These are chiefly plants which are 

 already known in British gardens, or, at least, in the garden of 

 the London Horticultural Society ; and in this part of the 

 work there are several references to the pages which are erro- 

 neous. Among the agricultural plants, are three new sorts of 

 rye, a new variety of wheat, and a new early turnip, all of 

 which, we believe, may be obtained from Mr. Charlwood and 

 Mr. Wrench. Planera crenata is a new species of tree, belong- 

 ing to the elm family, said to be of very rapid growth, and to 

 produce a superior description of timber. It has been brought 

 into notice by M. Andre Michaux, and, as we have no doubt it 



