Indian Hand Book of Gardening. 308 



" ing his able assistance in promoting the Horticulture of India." This 

 is the most ironical dedication we ever saw ; but if those whose duties 

 might be supposed to qualify them for the special improvement of 

 Agriculture and Gardening neglect their posts, they must put up with 

 ironical dedications, just as the Public must be content with such books 

 as are offered by more zealous individuals. Mr. Speede's little book 

 treats chiefly of the cultivation of European vegetables, fruits, flowers, 

 and ornamental shrubs, and as the only work that has been hitherto 

 devoted to such subjects, we recommend it to all those who have 

 gardens. 



News of Naturalists. 



We alluded in our paper on " Indian Cyprinidae," Asiatic 

 Res. vol. xix. part. 2, p. 258, to the intended visit of Mr. W. S. 

 Macleay to New Holland. We have recently been favour- 

 ed with letters from Sydney, dated the 12th of February last, 

 by which we were happy to hear of his arrival. As might be 

 expected, the time spent on the long voyage from England 

 to Sydney was not lost ; the ocean indeed is a rich domain 

 to the philosopher. Mr. Macleay mentions having fallen 

 in with the American Scientific Expedition, which left the 

 United States about eighteen months ago, in two corvettes 

 and four schooners. They had visited, when Mr. Macleay 

 met them, the Cape de Verds, Brazil, Patagonia, Terra del 

 Fuego, Chilli, Peru, and the South Sea Islands, and had 

 made extensive collections in all departments of natural history. 

 The following are the scientific men which compose the 

 expedition, and their duties. Titian Peale for mammalia 

 and birds ; Dr. Pickering for insects, reptiles, and fishes ; 

 Mr. Coulter for mollusca, and Mr. Dana for Crustacea, 

 pelagic animals, and geology; Mr. Rich for botany; two 

 gardeners, and two artists complete the scientific corps. 

 The expedition is creditable to the United States, and we 

 trust will prove highly important to the advancement of 

 science. Extensive collections were making in every de- 

 partment of nature, which were forwarded to Philadelphia 



