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wise it gets too stalky and sticky. I transplanted the other 

 plants out of the garden into my field in the autumn at 2 ft. dis- 

 tance, and they give every promise of being prodigiously fine 

 plants this year. Their crowns are crowded with young shoots ; 

 but it is a singular thing that the fine plant which was not 

 transplanted has not as yet put forth any shoots. It lays hold of 

 the ground like an elm tree, the roots being very large, and 

 branching out in the same way as the green shoots or branches. 

 In short, it takes such hold that even in the first year a strong 

 man will find it a difficult thing to pull it up. 



Bendham Parsonage, Chichester, March 15. 1842. 



REVIEWS. 



Art. I. Catalogue of Works on Gardening, Agriculture, Botany, 

 Rural Architecture, fyc, lately published, with some Account of those 

 considered the more interesting. 



The Encyclopaedia of Trees and Shrubs ; being the Arboretum et Fruticetum 

 Britannicum abridged : containing the hardy Trees and Shrubs of Britain, 

 Native and Foreign, scientifically and popularly described; with their Pro- 

 pagation, Culture, and Uses in the Arts ; and with Engravings of nearly all the 

 Species. Abridged from the large Edition in 8 Volumes, and adapted for the 

 Use of Nurserymen, Gardeners, and Foresters. By J. C. Loudon, F.L.S. 

 H.S., &c. London, Longman and Co., 1842. 



The first, or large, edition of -the Arboretum Britannicum, in eight volumes, 

 being unfortunately at too high a price for the majority of those to whom it 

 would be most useful, this abridgement has been undertaken. It will be 

 found to contain all that is essential for distinguishing the species and 

 varieties, for their cultivation, their propagation, and, in general, their appli- 

 cation to useful purposes, either in a living state in plantations, or, when felled 

 or cut down, in different arts. With the exception of about half a dozen 

 species, figures are given of the whole ; all to the same scale of 2 in. to a 

 foot. The total number of wood-engravings is 2106, of which nearly 300 were 

 not included in the large edition ; so that thus far the abridgement is superior 

 to the large work. It is also superior in three other respects : it contains 

 an analysis of trees and shrubs with reference to their uses ; another analysis 

 according to the leaves, for the purpose of enabling any person to discover 

 the name of a tree or shrub by the leaves alone ; and a complete alphabetical 

 index of all the species and varieties, with their synonymes. In short, we 

 flatter ourselves that this abridgement will be found a truly useful book for 

 nurserymen, gardeners, and foresters, and also for amateurs. Those who wish 

 to study the history of trees and shrubs more at large, and their portraits, 

 will have recourse to the original edition. 



Hortus Lignosus Londinensis abridged : or, a Catalogue of the hardy Trees and 

 Shrubs, Indigenous and Foreign, adtivated in the Gardens and Grounds in the 

 Neighbourhood of London : with all their Synonymes, scientific and popula r, 

 including their French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, and other foreign 

 Names. By J. C. Loudon, F.L.S., &c. London, Longman and Co., 1842. 



We can most strongly recommend this three-and-sixpenny catalogue to 

 3d Ser. — 1842. VI. y 



