642 



Catalogue of Works on Gardening, 8fc. 



and bold architectural chimney tops, indicating ample room and warmth 

 within ; the whole in good repair, and surrounded by fruit-trees, in a well 

 stocked and neatly kept garden ? Every one, in travelling through a country, 

 must have observed how much of its beauty depends on the state of its cot- 

 tages and their gardens. We would, therefore, entreat the possessors of 

 landed property to consider how much of the beauty of the country depends 

 upon them; and we would farther beg of them to ask themselves, whether it 

 is not one of the duties entailed on them by the possession of landed pro- 

 pert}', to render it not only beneficial to their families and to all who live on 

 it, but ornamental to the country." 



In the Gardener's Chronicle for 1842, p. 436., an error, or rather an omis- 

 sion, was pointed out in one of our model plans, viz. that the entrance to the 

 living-room was made through the back kitchen. This is unquestionably an 



error, but it is very easily 



corrected, not only on pa- 

 per, but even in a house, 



should one be built with 



such an omission. This 



will appear evident by fig. 



76. and fig. 77. In the 



former, a is the entrance, 



b the back-kitchen, and c 



the front kitchen. In the 



latter, the same apart- 

 ments are shown with a 



partition at e, the door / 



opening into the back 



kitchen, and the door g 



opening into the front 



kitchen. 



The Grasses of Scotland. By Richard Parnell, M.D., F.R.S.E., &c. Illus- 

 trated by figures drawn and engraved by the Author. 8vo, pp. 152. 

 Edinburgh and London, 1842. 



The grasses of Scotland include 133 species and varieties, all of which are 

 here described and figured. In every instance these figures have been drawn 

 and engraved by the author. 



" Much attention has been bestowed on the definitions both of genera and 

 species. In some instances new genera have been framed, and a few new 

 species have been added, while the specific characters are determined through- 

 out with the greatest possible care. 



" Under the head of habitat the several countries in which each species is 

 known to be produced are expressly stated. The range of the altitude of the 

 places of growth is specified as accurately as possible. The time when the 

 seed is matured (which it is often useful to know), as well as the time of 

 flowering, is everywhere indicated ; and notices are introduced of the agri- 

 cultural and other properties of such species as are of any value." 



It is almost unnecessary to say that, to the student in this department of 

 botany, the Grasses of Scotland will be found invaluable, from the faithful- 

 ness of the figures and the copiousness and accuracy of the descriptions. 

 Dr. Parnell's original intention was, to " embrace in this work all the grasses 

 of the United Kingdom," and he was only deterred from the " want of recent 

 specimens of the grasses peculiar to England and Ireland." We trust, how- 

 ever, that at no distant period he will be able to accomplish his original 

 intention ; and we hope that this notice may be the means of procuring 

 him some cooperators. 



