266 Catalogue of Works on Gardening, 8fc. 



White Raisin has oval berries : its flesh is exceedingly firm, and has very 

 little flavour. 



Of Nectarines, Mr. Rivers has several new names, but it is questionable 

 whether they are all new sorts. Du Telliers, or Due de Tello of the nur- 

 series, is the Violette hative, one of the best of nectarines. 



The claim of the hardy Gallande peach to be considered distinct from the 

 Bellegarde is apparently founded upon its property of taking " readily if 

 budded upon the mussel plum." I greatly doubt, however, whether that 

 seeming peculiarity of constitution ought to be considered a legitimate ground 

 of distinction between individuals agreeing in all other respects, because the 

 failure of the Bellegarde buds on the mussel stock might, even on repeated 

 trials, have been caused by accidental circumstances altogether unconnected 

 with constitutional difference. We ought to be extremely scrupulous in 

 adding new names to our already too lengthened lists. 



The list of Pears contains nearly all the best varieties ; several new names 

 are also given, such as Beurre de Noirchain, Beurre de Flandres, Incompar- 

 able Beurre, &c., &c., of which the merits in this country can scarcely yet be 

 sufficiently ascertained to justify their recommendation. We have now so 

 many pears known to be good, that the utmost caution is necessary in re- 

 commending novelties. The new pear, absurdly named Van Mons Leon le 

 Clerc, about which so much has been said, has not yet been fairly tested. 



It would be very desirable to ascertain whether that best of plums, the 

 Green Gage, is in reality different from the Reine Claude ; and Mr. Rivers 

 will probably soon be able to clear up this disputed point. Denyer's Victoria 

 is thought by some to be the same as Sharp's Emperor. 



The selection of strawberries would be improved by the addition of the 

 Garnstone Scarlet, Grove End Scarlet, Coul Late Scarlet, American Scarlet, 

 and Black Roseberry. —J. B. W. London, April 14. 1840. 



Perkins's im^Ji'oved Patent Apparatus for tuarming and ventilating Puddings. 

 Pamphlet 8vo, pp. 43, 8 lithographs. London, 1840. 



In this little tract Mr. Perkins has described his recently invented governor, 

 or heat regulator ; by which no excess of temperature can ever take place in 

 plant houses or other buildings heated by his apparatus. The governor acts 

 by the expansion of metal pressing on a series of compound levers, so that the 

 slightest change is powerfully effective. We are informed by W. Groom, Esq., 

 of Bury St. Edmunds, that, by means of the governor, and with the use of 

 anthracite coal, the fire need not be attended to more than once in twenty- 

 four hours. The fire is made up at 8 o'clock every evening, and never looked 

 at in the course of the day; and, whether the weather is warm or cold, the 

 temperature never varies more than 3° or 4°, and this variation is chiefly oc- 

 casioned b}' bright sunshine. Mr. Groom has had one of Mr. Perkins's heat- 

 ing apparatus eight years, and a governor affixed to it for about half that ] 

 period. 



The Liiterary World ; a Jonrnal of Popular Information <md Entertainment-, 

 Conducted by John Tims. Vol. II. 8vo, pp. 412. with 84 wood-engravings. | 

 London, 1840. Price 5.s. the volume, or 2(/. a number. 



We have noticed the preceding volume of this very elegant work in our Ma-j 

 gazine for the last year (p.763.), and have only to say that we cannot sufficiently! 

 admire the care and the taste with which it continues to begot up. The 

 literary matter is select, and in many cases original ; and the engravings are 

 admirably executed and beautifully printed. We admire in particular the spe-? 

 cimens of London street architecture, which, as the book is so exceedingly] 

 cheap, will, we trust, tend to diffuse a taste for architectural improvement in ] 

 country towns and villages. We wish every young gardener could afford to! 

 take in the work weekly, as a means of elevating his taste, as well as supplying! 

 him with abundance of rational amusement. 



