282 Catalogue of Works on Gardening, Sfc. 



The Glazenwood Catalogue for 1843 of American and other Hardy Shrubs , 

 Herbaceous and Greenhouse Plants, Fruit, Forest, and Ornamental Trees, cid- 

 tivatedfor Sale by James Curtis. 8vo, pp. 26. London, 1843. 

 This is a priced catalogue, in which the plants are classed as American, 

 Hardy evergreen Shrubs, Hardy deciduous flowering Shrubs and Trees, Peren- 

 nial herbaceous Plants, Hardy ornamental Climbers, Greenhouse and Conser- 

 vatory Plants, Greenhouse and Conservatory Climbers and Twiners, Fruit 

 Trees, Orchard and Garden Trees and Plants, Ornamental Forest Trees, and 

 Forest Trees for profitable Planting. In a preliminary page are the following 

 paragraphs, which may be useful to the intending planter : — 



" In selecting the future occupants of the shrubbery, great difficulty is often 

 felt by young and inexperienced planters, from deficient knowledge as to their 

 ultimate height. In this catalogue, Mr. Curtis has distinguished the relative 

 height of each individual by the initial letters of the words dwarf medium, and 

 tall preceding the name ; and he hopes he has, by this means, rendered it easy 

 for the unpractised improver to choose the most fitting ornaments of the fore, 

 middle, and back ground of the scene he is about to create or adorn. 



" Mr. Curtis, having had considerable experience as a Landscape-Gardener, 

 undertakes to survey and plan estates, of large or small extent, in any part of 

 the kingdom, for the purpose of ornamental or profitable planting. He has paid 

 particular attention to this department of his art, and is confident there is no 

 situation, however ungenial in climate, sterile in soil, or uninteresting in 

 appearance, that may not be rendered ornamental in scenic effect, and profitable 

 in its future results." 



Catalogue of Plants cultivated for Sale by Robert Buist, Nurseryman and 

 Florist, Philadelphia. March, 1843. 



This is a catalogue of greenhouse and hothouse plants, hardy trees and 

 shrubs, hardy herbaceous plants, and roses. The number of kinds in each is 

 surprising, and exceeds that to be found in most of our British nurseries. 

 For example, Acacia, 27 ; Alstroemerza, 1 1 ; Amaryllis, 52 ; Azalea Indica, 

 32 ; Cactus, 80 ; Camelli«, 166, &c. The hardy trees and shrubs are not so 

 numerous as might have been expected, being chiefly confined to sorts which 

 are ornamental ; and the same may be said of the hardy herbaceous plants. 

 A new Catalogue of Fruits is promised in July. In an address to the public 

 Mr. Buist says, " my resources for acquiring the fruitful and floral beauties of 

 the earth are every day increasing, which, with practical ability, shall keep this 

 establishment, as it is now conceded to be, the first and best in the United 

 States." The greenhouse department in his nursery has 16,000 square feet of 

 glass. 



Rural Chemistri/ : an Flementary Introduction to the Study of the Science in its 

 Relation to Agricultm-e. By Edward Solly, Jun., F.R.S., F.L.S., Hon. 

 Mem. Roy. Agr. Soc, Experimental Chemist to the Horticultural Society 

 of London, Lecturer on Chemistry at the Royal Institution of Great Bri- 

 tain, &c. Small 8vo, pp. 169. London, 1843. 



This little volume " formed the substance of a short series of articles on 

 chemistry, which originally appeared in the columns of the Gardener's Chro- 

 nicle. The interest which they excited in the readers of that journal has led 

 to their republication in a separate and more complete form. It would have 

 been easy to have greatly increased the size of the book ; and indeed it was 

 frequently very difficult to select, from the mass of information which exists, 

 those facts which appeared most worthy of notice. The original object of 

 the author was to give such an elementary sketch of the science, as should 

 enable those ignorant of the subject more readily to comprehend the works 

 of the various authors who have written on agricultural chemistry. As a 

 general rule, care has been taken, as much as possible, merely to give well 



