AGKICULTURAL AND EURAL AFFAIRS 



The Book of the Farm. Detailing tlie Labours of the 



Farmer, Farm-Steward, Ploughman, Shepherd, Hedger, Cattle-mau, Field-worker, 

 and Dairymaid, and forming a safe Monitor for Students in Practical Agriculture. 

 By Henry Stephens, F.E.S.E. Two Volumes, Eoyal Octavo, £3, handsomely 

 bound in cloth, with upwards of 600 Illustrations, 



"The best book I have ever met witli." — Professor Johnston. 



"We have thoroughly examined these volumes ; but to give a fall notice of their varied and 

 valuable contents would occup}' a larger space than we can conveniently devote to their dis- 

 cussion ; we therefore, in general terms, commend them to the careful study of every young 

 man who ^vishes to become a good practical farmer. — Times. 



The Book of Farm Implements and Machines. By James 



Slight and K. Scott Burn. Edited by Henry Stephens, F. R. S. E. Illus- 

 trated with 876 Engravings. Royal Octavo, uniform with the Book of the 

 Farm," half-bound, £2, 2s. 



The Book of Farm Buildings : their Arrangement and 



Construction. By Henry Stephens, F. R.S.E., and R. Scott Burn. Royal 

 Octavo, with 1045 Illustrations. Uniform with the " Book of the Farm." Half- 

 boixnd, £1, lis. 6d. 



The Book of the &arden. By Charles M'Intosh. In Two 



large Volumes, Royal Octavo, embellished with 1353 Engravings. 



Each Volume may he had sejoarately — viz. 



I. ARCHITECTURAL and ORNAMENTAL.— On the Formation of Gardens— Con- 



struction, Heating, and Ventilation of Fruit and Plant Houses, Pits, Frames, and 

 other Garden Structures, with Practical Details. Illustrated by 1073 Engravings, 

 pp. 776. £2, 10s. 



II. PRACTICAL GARDENING, Contains— Du-eetions for the Culture of the Kitchen 

 Garden, the Hardy-fruit Garden, the Forcing Garden, and Flower Garden, includ- 

 ing Fruit and Plant Houses, with Select Lists of Vegetables, Fruits, and Plants. 

 Pp. 868, with 279 Engravings. £1, 17s. 6d. 



"In the construction of every kind of building required in a garden, the 'structural' section 

 of the work will be found to contain a large amount of information suitable alike for buildings 

 and gardens. Mr M'Intosh being himself one of the most experienced garden architects of our 

 time, minute details are given, so that the expense of even a pit, up to a garden replete with 

 every necessary erection, may be at once ascertained, a matter of no small importance to gentle- 

 men about either to form new gardens, or improve such as already exist. ... On the whole, 

 this volume on stnxctural gardening, both in compilation and artistical execution, deserves our 

 warmest commendation. 



" The second volume is of a cultural character, and has been got up with great care and re- 

 search. It embodies the opinions and practice of the older writers on Horticulture, and also, 

 what is of more importance, the experience of our eminent modern gardeners on the subject, 

 together with the opinions of our author, who has studied and practised the art for upwards of 

 half a century, both in this country and on the Continent. . . . We therefore feel justified 

 in recommending Mr M'Intosh's two excellent volumes to the notice of the public. "— Gardeners' 

 Chronicle. 



EDINBURGH AND LONDON. 



