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spcndents, to assist me in promoting its circulation as widely as possible. 

 They will find a confident hope expressed in it that some scheme will shortly 

 be organised for securing the object which is there suggested, and which has 

 received the approbation of persons well competent to judge of its importance 

 and practicability. The pamphlet includes also an address delivered last 

 December to the Hadleigh Farmers' Club, on the theory of manuring ; and 

 the letters discuss, in a popular manner, the functions of the leaf, and a few 

 other topics which may be considered of general interest to practical agri- 

 culturists. — J. S. Hensloiu. April 27. 1843." 



We most strongly recommend this pamphlet, not only to every one in- 

 terested in agriculture, but to the gardener and the scientific amateur. 



On the Laying out. Planting, and Afanaging of Cemeteries ; and on the Im- 

 provement of Churchyards. With 60 Engravings. By J. C. Loudon, 

 F.L.S., &c. 8vo, pp. 120. London, 1843. 



The whole of what is contained in this volume, with the exception of three 

 lithographic plates, will be given in the Gardener's Magazine. Four articles 

 have been published, and there remain five to be given, so that the last will 

 be in the November Number. 



A History and Directory of the Borough of Derby, intended as a Guide to 

 Strangers visitiyig the Toiun. By Stephen Glover. 8vo, pp. 236, numerous 

 woodcuts. Derby, 1843. 



This work is judiciously drawn up, and it is illustrated by numerous wood- 

 cuts, exhibiting views of the churches, and all the more remarkable buildings, 

 of tombs, antiquities, and of the buildings erected in the Derby Arboretum. 

 It also contains plans and sections of the Arboretum, a description of it, and 

 an account of the gallery of paintings, sculpture, &c., in the residence of 

 Joseph Strutt, Esq., the benevolent founder. 



Restoration of the Church of St. Mary, RedcUffe, Bristol : An A2?peal by the 

 Vicar, Churchtvardcns, and Vestry ; tvith an Abstract of Reports by Messrs, 

 Britton and Hosking ; and an engraved Plan and Views of the Church. 

 4to, pp. 28. Bristol, 1842. 

 The engraving of the restored church is very handsome, both in regard to 



design and execution, and we trust funds sufficient will be I'aised for carrying 



the improved building into effect. 



The Latin Governess, a Manual of Instruction in the Elements of Latin, for tli^ 

 Use of Teachers of Ijatin generally, but more especially of Mothers and Go- 

 vernesses. By John W. Freese, B.A. 12mo, pp. 163. London and West- 

 erham, 1843. 



This work is quite original in its plan, and, though intended chiefly for 

 governesses, yet we think it also well adapted for the self-instruction of young 

 gardeners. It is much to be desired that some amateur botanist and gardener, 

 who is a classical scholar, would write a Latin grammar expressly for practical 

 gardeners ; illustrating it as far as possible by passages taken from the specific 

 characters and descriptions of plants, with just enough of syntax to enable the 

 student to read botanical works, which are frequently written in Latin. Such 

 a grammar, and a short selection from these works, embracing all the difficul- 

 ties likely to occur, would form a complete course for the practical gardener. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. L General Notices. 



JuCKES's Smoke-consuming Furnace, which may be seen in action at the Ma- 

 nufactory, " the Grove," Great Guilford Street, South wark, consists of a 

 series of bars attached together so as to form an endless chain, which tra- 



