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REVIEWS. 
REVIEWS. 
Article xiii.— A BOTANICAL CHART, OR CONCISE INTRODUCTION 
TO THE LINNiEAN SYSTEM OF BOTANY. 
BY JAMES RATTRAY, SURGEON, AND LECTURER CN BOTANY, GLASGOW. 
Cloth, 4s. 6(Z. 
This little chart consists of two large folding sheets, containing all 
the rudiments of the sexual system of botany. The lesser of these sheets, 
(1 foot long, and ten inches broad,) consists of copper-plate engra¬ 
vings, of roots, leaves, flowers, fruits, &c. &c. illustrative of the sci¬ 
ence. The other (2 feet by 20 inches) contains the letter-press. 
This is divided into six columns ; the two first enumerate the various 
parts of a plant, and under the proper heads are given the terms ap¬ 
plied to the different forms of these parts, with concise explanations 
or definitions, illustrated by engraved figures on the other sheet, and 
to which reference is made by numbers. The other four columns 
give a connected view of the Linnaean system. The first contains 
the names of the classes, with a short character of each, and a figure 
in illustration. The next column contains the orders, with cuts illus¬ 
trative of their characters. In the third column the genera are ar¬ 
ranged according to their orders, with their most common English 
names. The last column contains a complete list of all the species 
of the Phenogamous plants, and of the Filices and Musci in Cryp- 
togamia, with the duration, time of flowering, soil, and situation of 
each. The names of the genera in the Orders Algae and Fungi, 
follow with such a number of the species as could be embraced in 
the sheet, thus forming a very complete catalogue of all the indige¬ 
nous plants of Great Britain. The whole is so folded that the book 
is but l of an inch thick, 4 inches broad, and little more then 9 in¬ 
ches long. And we think it well deserving of every recommendation. 
Article xiv.— ADAM THE GARDENER. 
BY CHARLES COVv'DEN CLARKE. 
Author of Tales in Prose, from Chaucer, 12 mo. London. 
This pleasant little work is written in an attractive style, well calcu¬ 
lated to beget, in the minds of youth, a love for nature and the culti¬ 
vation of a garden. The methods of culture detailed in it, although 
not intended for the Practical Man, are nevertheless very good, and in 
reading it we found many things peculiarly interesting and instruc¬ 
tive. 
