80 Catalogue of Works on Gardening, &^c. 



jBaxter's Bntish Flotvering Plants. In monthly numbers, 8vo, plain and 



coloured. 



This is a work of the same nature as Mr. Sowerby'sj but, while the latter 

 contains engravings and descriptions of all the species, Mr. Baxter's work is 

 confined to fi(fures and descriptions of the genera, with a bare enumeration of 

 the species. The engravings are also larger and more elaborate in regard 

 to detail, as are also the descriptions. To those who cannot afford Mr. 

 Sowerby's work, Mr. Baxter's will prove an excellent substitute: 125 Nos. 

 have been already published, and three more will complete the work, in six 

 handsome volumes. It is unquestionably the best work of the kind that has 

 yet appeared. 



Die Coniferen. By Francis Antoine. Parts IV. and V. 1841. 



We noticed Parts II. and III. of this valuable work in our Vol. for 1841, 

 p. 624., and the parts before us are not less excellent than those which have 

 preceded them. The last species described is No. 65. tab. 24. fig. 2. Picea 

 Pindrow. One of the plates in Part V. exhibits a group of cedars on Mount 

 Lebanon, engraved from a sketch by a French artist, and kindly supplied by 

 Baron Hiigel. The trunk of one of the cedars in this group, M. Antoine 

 informs us, measures 46 ft. in circumference. 



Prince's Annual Catalogue for 1841 and 1842, of Fruit and Ornamental Trees 

 and Plants, cultivated and for Sale at the Linncsan Botanic Garden and 

 Nurseries, Flushing, Long Island, near New York. 32d edition. 



As we are collecting American oaks for our own private arboretum, we 

 were surprised, on looking into this catalogue, to find only eight American 

 species named ; with the addition, however, of thfe words " 20 other species." 

 We should be glad to have plants of the whole twenty-eight species ; and, if 

 they prove distinct species, we shall pay the catalogue price for them, but not 

 otherwise. 



A Catalogue of the Fruits cultivated in the Garden of the Horticultural Society of 

 London. Third edition. 8vo, pp. 182. London, 1842. 

 Too much cannot be said in praise of this book, which is perhaps one 

 of the best things of the kind in existence. We do not know a single 

 individual who combines a scientific knowledge of gardening generally, with 

 practical skill in fruits, to the same extent as Mr. Thompson ; and, as a man, 

 he has a heart as good as his head ; both are cultivated ; while it too often 

 happens that the former is neglected. In our opinion, Mr. Thompson is a 

 model for young gardeners to form themselves upon. 



The Booh of the Farm. By Henry Stephens, Editor of the Quarterly 

 Journal of Agriculture. Parts IX. and X. Edinburgh and London, 1842, 

 1843. 

 These parts maintain the high reputation which the work has obtained. 



The last subject treated of is the threshing-machine and the threshing of 



corn ; both brought to great perfection in Scotland. 



The Three Prize Essays on Agnculture and the Corn Law, published by the 

 National Anti-Corn-Law League. Pamph. 8vo, pp. 50. Price 4r/. the 

 three. Manchester and London, 1842. 



The essay which gained the first prize is by George Hope, tenant-farmer 

 in East Lothian ; the second was gained by Arthur Morse of SwafFham in 

 Norfolk; and the third by W. R. Greg of Caton, Lancaster. The essays are 

 well reasoned, and deserve the careful perusal of all who take an interest in 

 the subject of them. 



