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would be far better to place the name of the fruit directly under each 
figure. 
It will be but a bare compliment for us to express our admiration at 
the very superior manner in which Miss Ronalds hasdrawm each fruit on 
stone. The likenesses are so striking, that we cannot for a moment 
mistake the fruit represented. We are decidedly of opinion that litho¬ 
graphic prints, look far better for fruits, than either steel or copper engra¬ 
vings ; there is a softness about the shades in lithography, which is 
rarely to be met with in other engravings, and besides, it can be much 
more reasonably done. The colouring is also excellent, and to persons 
■wishing to plant an orchard, the work before us is a treasure; added to 
which, Mr. Ronalds has given a list of such apples, as he believes would 
suit either a small or a large garden,—this is a most excellent feature, 
and complete as it is, with plain descriptions of each kind, will ever 
make it a desirable book to all who are able to purchase it. The price, 
(£5.55. and £4.45) is the only thing that will prevent it from being in 
the hands of most gardeners; there are 170 sorts figured, it is therefore 
much cheaper than any work that has hitherto appeared on the subject of 
fruits. 
While we are on this subject, it would be well to mention, that the 
London Horticultural Society possess more materials for arranging and 
figuring the whole of the hardy fruits, than any other persons in Europe, 
but the Society being very poor, and unable to undertake so expensive 
a concern, without being sure that the work would pay for the trouble 
and expense incurred; it is therefore, hardly reasonable to expect them 
to attempt it. 
2.—Gardexers’ Magazine; Edited by J. C. Loudon, F.L.S. &c., 
published every two months, price 3s.6d. 
No. 32, FOR June, contains. 
Page 302. —Art. 3 5. —On the Culture of the Cockscomb^ by Mr. John Harri¬ 
son, Gardener at Syston Park. 
In the spring he provides a quantity of turf from a pasture field, pared oft’al>out 
two inclies thick, where the soil is a strong rich loam; this is formed into a pile, 
three feet high, laying the grass-side downwards, covering each layer of turf, one 
i ich thick, with equal quantities of decayed hot-bed manure, fresh droppings of 
liorses, and swine’s dung, clear from litter, and well incorporated. In autumn 
this pile is taken down, and the turf cut in pieces of two inches square, adding to 
throe barrows of this turf, one barrow of oak-leaf, or vegetable mould, and one 
barrow of sharp sandy bog-earth, which are well mixed together and formed into 
a shallow ridge, and frequently turned. About the beginning of March a hot-bed 
is got in readiness by being well worked and fermented.—He then sows bis seed 
very thin, in 48-sized pots, and filled with a compost, consisting of one-third 
rich loam, one-third leaf mould, and one-sixth sharp sandy bog, broken fine; the 
pots are plunged in the bed up to the rims, placing under each pot apiece of thin 
slate, to prevent any rancid steam from entering the bottom of the pots. As soon 
as the plants appear, they have a little water given to them, raising the pots half 
way out of the dung, and the next day entirely to the top, giving air to keep the 
temperature of the frame to about 70 degrees; the following day they are to 
be removed into the pine stove, for two or three days to harden them previous to 
potting, placing them near the glass in the day time, and lowering them down at 
night. These plants are potted in small-sized 60 pots, using the same sort of compost 
