Catalogue of Worl-s on Gardening, 8fc^ 6<^ 1 



■works on the science, have led the mind to dwell chiefly on the sexual dis- 

 tinctions of vegetables, and that sexual organs, unisexual, hermaphrodite, and 

 similar terms, are of common occurrence. It is not necessary to stop to 

 enquire whether this objection be well founded, or whether all authors de- 

 serve the imputation. It is certainly to be lamented, that the science should 

 be neglected by those for whom it is fittest from circumstanceslike these, espe- 

 cially as not one of the terms complained of is at all requisite, and not one 

 of them has been introduced into the following pages." 



Bicauti's Rustic Architecture. Parts III. and IV. Oblong, 4to, 14 plates. 



London, 18-40. 6s. each Part. 



We gave a notice of Parts I. and II. of this work in p. 355. ; and Mr. 

 Ricauti has, in p. 519., kindly corrected some errors that we fell into in that 

 notice. The plates in the parts before us are most beautifully zincographed 

 and printed, and the designs are in an eminent degree picturesque. We 

 repeat what we before stated (p. 356.), that each part may be forwarded by 

 post, and that in no cheaper mode could a gentleman procure a working 

 plan for a very handsome ornamental cottage. — Part III. contains design 

 No. III. a Gamekeeper's Cottage, equally suited for the residence of a small 

 family. Estimate within 310/. Part IV. contains design No. iv. a Gar- 

 dener's Cottage, equally suited for the accommodation of a small family. 

 Estimate 385/. 



If every proprietor of an estate exceeding 500 acres would execute on it 

 but a single cottage of an ornamental character, and comfortable within, such 

 as are exhibited in these designs of Mr, Ricauti, how much the country 

 would be ornamented in appearance, and how much would be accomplished 

 by the influence of example! Mr. Ricauti's designs are not of the cold 

 heartless character, which were published by several architects of taste 15 or 

 20 years ago, in which all the skill of the architect was bestowed on the 

 exterior, and the interior not a whit advanced beyond the state in which it. 

 was in the days of Holinshed. We refer to the reviews of certain works on 

 cottages, given in our earlier volumes, for the truth of this remark. Happily 

 for the cottager, the days when it was thought that the design for an orna- 

 mental cottage could only be given by first-rate architects is passing away; 

 and from such books as this of Mr. Ricauti, our " Encyclopaedia of Cottage 

 Architecture," and various others, dwellings at once comfortable and orna- 

 mental may be erected by carpenters, bricklayers, and masons, in every part 

 of the civilised world. 



Illustrations and Description of Kilpcch Church, Herefordshire ; imth an Essatj 

 on Ecclesiastical Design. By G. R. Lewis, author of " British Forest Trees ;" 

 " An Address on Education as connected with Design, in every Department 

 of British Manufactures ;" and of various other Works. Part I. Fol. pp. x, 

 8 plates. London, 1840. Price, to Subscribers, 105. 6d. 



Letter to Thomas Fhillips, Esq., R.A., on the Connection heliveen the Fine Arts 

 and Religion, and the Means of their Revival. By H. Drummond, Esq. 8vo, 

 pp.45. London, 1S40. 



Mr. Lewis has entered on his subject with a degree of enthusiasm that will 

 charm some, and only draw forth a smile from others ; and the same remark 

 may be appHed to Mr. Drummond's pamphlet. Nevertheless, in both produc- 

 tions there are agreat many remarks in which every person endowed with 

 common sense will concur. Whether we regard the plates most accurately 

 drawn and lithographed by Mr. Lewis himself, or the singularity of the ideas 

 in the letter-press, the work deserves a place in the library of the architect 

 and the antiquarian. The coincidence of opinion on some points of sacred 

 architecture, between Mr. Lewis and Mr. Drummond, is remarkable. The 

 following sentence, from the latter gentleman's pamphlet, may be of use : — 

 " The castles in Germany and England, as well as the Saracenic in Spain 



