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will soon be procured by the London and Caledonian Horticul- 

 tural Societies, and by Mr. Lawson of Edinburgh, we shall say 

 nothing more about it at present. As Mr. Lawson and Mr. 

 Charlwood are in constant correspondence with M. Vilmorin 

 (the editor of the Bon Jarditiier for the economical department, 

 which, of course, includes arboriculture), we recommend all our 

 readers who wish to obtain, without delay, what is new in the 

 horticultural, agricultural, and arboricultural world at Paris, to 

 apply at once to them. Our giving this advice we consider will be 

 of more real practical use than pages of tempting descriptions of 

 articles, without telling where they are to be had. 



In speaking of the advantages of metallic pipes for conducting 

 smoke for heating hot-houses (p. xxvi.), a mistake is committed 

 which ought to be speedily corrected : — "i> metal etant un tres 

 mauvais conducteur de la chaleur ; " and " les tuyaiix en terre cuite 

 etant un bon conducteur de la chaleurT The reverse is the fact. 

 The plate contains some designs for jets for fountains, which are 

 curious, amusing, or pretty. These jets may be obtained 

 through Mr. Rowley, Rowland Street, Fitzroy Square, London, 



Art. III. 1. Address delivered before the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society, on the Celebration of their First Anniversary, Sep- 

 tember 19. 1829. By H. A. S. Dearborn. Pamphlet 8vo, 2d edit. 

 Boston, 1833. 



2. The same for the Second Annual Festival, September, 1830. By 

 Zebedee Cook; Jun. Pamphlet 8vo. Boston, 1830. 



3. The same for the Third Annual Festival, September, 1831. By 

 Malthus A. Ward, M.D. Pamphlet 8vo, Boston, 1831. 



These addresses are eloquent, and exceedingly well written. 

 The first contains a general glance at the history of gardening, 

 gleaned from the usual sources ; and an account of the origin of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, with an account of the 

 toasts given at their first anniversary dinner. It is delightful 

 to see the independent and patriotic spirit displayed in these 

 toasts, and in the explanatory sentences which accompanied the 

 different epithets ; or the compliments v/hich were paid to cul- 

 tivators, male and female, whose healths were drunk; to authors, 

 editors, farmers, gardeners, amateurs, &c. At the end is a 

 song, written for the occasion, by Mr. Finn, of the Tremont 

 Theatre. 



The second address contains a general view of the state of 

 gardening, including landscape-gardening and rural architecture, 

 in the neighbourhood of Boston; with a notice of the promised 

 establishment of a public cemetery. Among the toasts are 

 some interesting and curious combinations of horticulture and 



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