468 Catalogue of Works on Gardening, &;c. 



press is everything that could be wished, unless we except, in p. 1., the cir- 

 cumstance of the origin of the specific name Derbyana not being given ; and 

 in p. 2., that Swctii vera, the name of a variety dedicated to Mr. Sweet, 

 " C'est a M. Swet qu'on l'a dedie," is misspelt. 



Vegetable Organography ; or an Analytical Description of the Organs of Plants. 

 By M. Aug. P. De Candolle, &c. Translated by Boughton Kindon. In 

 monthly parts, 8vo, 2s. Gd. Parts IV. to VI. for May, June, and July, from 

 p. 145. to p. 288. London, 1839. 



We are happy to be able to state that this work proceeds, and improves, 

 particularly in the plates; and we again strongly recommend it to every 

 young gardener. 



Essays on Natural History, chiefly Ornithology. By Charles Waterton, Esq. 

 With an Autobiography of the Author, and a View of Walton Hall. 3d 

 ed. pp. 334, 8vo. London, 1839. 



In a previous volume we have strongly recommended these Essays to the 

 gardener, on account of the information which they contain respecting birds, 

 often considered the enemies of gardeners, but in reality his best friends. 

 This third edition contains some essays never before published, and among 

 these is one on the weasel, from which we make the following extract : — 



" The weasel, like the wood owl, is a great destroyer of beetles; and it is 

 known to make incessant war on the mole, the mouse, and the rat; the last 

 two of which draw most extravagantly on the hard-earned profits of the hus- 

 bandman. These vermin seem to constitute its general food ; and we must 

 allow that it arrests their increase, by an activity and perseverance truly as- 

 tonishing. It hunts for the beetle in the grass ; it follows the mole through 

 her subterraneous mazes ; it drives the rats from the bottom of haystacks, and 

 worries them in the corn-ricks, and never allows them either peace or quiet 

 in the sewers and ditches where they take up their abode. That man only, 

 who has seen a weasel go into a corn stack, can form a just idea of the horror 

 which its approach causes to the Hanoverians collected there for safety and 

 plunder. The whole stack is in commotion, whilst these destroyers of corn 

 seem to be put to their last shifts, if you may judge by the extraordinary kind 

 of whining which goes on amongst them, and by the attempts which they 

 make to bolt from the invaded premises. 



" But, of all people in the land, our gardeners have most reason to protect 

 the weasel. They have not one single word of complaint against it, not even 

 for disturbing the soil of the flower-beds. Having no game to encourage, nor 

 fowls to fatten, they may safely say to it, Come hither, little benefactor, and 

 take up thy abode amongst us. We will give shelter to thy young ones, and 

 protection to thyself, and we shall be always glad to see thee. And fortunate, 

 indeed, are those horticultural enclosures which can boast the presence of a 

 weasel ; for neither mouse, nor rat, nor mole, can carry on their projects with 

 impunity, whilst the weasel stands sentinel over the garden. 



" Ordinary, and of little cost, are the apartments required for it. A cart 

 load of rough stones, or of damaged bricks, heaped up in some sequestered 

 corner, free from dogs, will be all that it wants for a safe retreat and a plea- 

 sant dwelling." (P. 302.) 



Instructions for collecting, rearing, and jweserving British and Foreign Insects ; 



also for collecting and j^'eserving Crustacea and Shells. By Abel Ingpen, 



A.L.S. & M.E.S. Small 8vo, second edition, 3 coloured plates, pp. 106. 



London, 1839. 



In the present enlightened age, when even the labourer may know, and is 

 expected to know, something beyond his occupation, we would particularly 

 draw the attention of the young gardener to the study of insects, a branch 

 of natural history that connects itself very closely with botany. With the aid 

 of a slight knowledge of entomology he may soon distinguish his real enemies 



