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sessilis, measuring three feet in circumference, and by far the finest specimen 

 ever brought to Europe, from which Mr. Beaton originated above one hundred 

 seedlings by the above means." 



Orchidacecc. On the culture of this tribe we have the fol- 

 lowing remarks : — ■ 



" Mr. Cooper of Wentworth, one of the most successful cultivators of this 

 tribe, and one of the longest standing, differs from most other growers in respect 

 to humidity, giving his plants no more than it. is usual to give the general col- 

 lection of stove plants amongst which they grow. A more successful cultivator 

 than Mr. Cooper is nowhere to be found, nor one more liberal in affording 

 information to those who desire it. His specimens of Orchideae are truly 

 magnificent, and some of them must be very old." 



For every different kind of plant-house, a select list of plants 

 is given; each name being accompanied with the time of flower- 

 ing, the colour of the flower, the soil which the plant prefers, or 

 in which it is generally cultivated, and the mode of propagation. 

 On the whole, The Grcen-hou.se, Hot-house, and Stove will prove 

 a very useful book, both to the gardener and the amateur. For 

 the latter it is more particularly adapted, from its numerous and 

 beautiful coloured vimiettes. 



Art. II. The Entomologist's Text-Booh : an Introduction to the 

 Natural History, Structure, Physiology, and Classification of In- 

 sects, including the Crustacea and Arachnida. By J. O. Westwood, 

 F.L.S., &c. 12mo, pp. 432, plates and numerous woodcuts. 

 London, 1838. 85. 6d. coloured, and 65. 6d. plain. 



This is a republication of a series of articles which appeared 

 in the British Cyclopaedia of Natural History, a work recently 

 completed in three thick volumes royal 8vo. The object of 

 the articles in the British Cyclopaedia, and in this little volume, 

 is, to " convey the modern elements of the Science of Entomo- 

 logy in as popular a form as possible," and at the same time in 

 such a manner as to extend the leading principles of philoso- 

 phical zoology. 



" To make the present volume more acceptable to the general reader, several 

 plates of insects have been added, not contained in the British Cyclopaedia, and 

 which, together with the very numerous wood illustrations, will render the 

 subject more generally intelligible than though double the space had been 

 devoted to mere descriptions. These figures, together with those in the body 

 of the book, are from my own pencil, being in almost every instance original." 



The work consists of an Introduction in six chapters, and we 

 think we cannot do better, either for the author, or the reader 

 who wishes to form an opinion as to whether the work is worth 

 purchasing, than to give a short analysis of these chapters. 



The Introduction, which occupies seventy-five pages, con- 

 tains : ■ — 



" Entomology defined. Extent of subject. Variety of habits. Grounds of 

 superiority. Wisdom of creation in insects especially shown, 



