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LITERARY NOTICE, 
Smith’s Florists’ Magazine, for November, contains beautifully 
executed figures of the Marcellus Tulip, with a sketch of a frame and 
awning for a tulip-bed; the Madame Hardy and Village Maid Roses; 
Emmeline and Princess Frederica Picotees, and the Achilles Auricula; 
to all of which very accurate practical directions are given for their 
propagation and culture. 
LITERARY NOTICE. 
The Earth: its Physical Condition, and most Remarkable Pheno¬ 
mena. ByMullinger Higgins, Esq., F. G. S., and Lecturer on Natural 
Philosophy at Guy’s Hospital. 
This is the second book published under the same title within these 
last six months. The first was by Mr. Mudie, being one of a series of 
four volumes to be entitled the Heavens, Earth, Air, and Sea. The 
plan of the volume before us is very different, as it includes all these, 
and on this account will be considered as much more convenient. The 
various matters treated of may be learned from the titles of the chapters, 
which are as follotv:—Chapter 1. The Earth in relation to the Uni¬ 
verse. Chap. 2. Celestial appearances. Chap. 3. The Atmosphere and 
its Phenomena. Chap. 4. Atmospheric Phenomena dependent on the 
distribution of heat. Chap. 5. Phenomena dependent on the distri¬ 
bution and conditions of light. Chap. 6‘. Phenomena dependent on the 
distribution of Electricity. Chap. 7* Phenomena dependent on Ter¬ 
restrial Magnetism. Chap. 8. Interior of the Earth. Chap. 9. Land 
and Water. Chap. 10. Superficial Temperature of the Earth. 
These ten chapters include all that is known of the different sciences 
of Astronomy, Meteorology, and Geology, together with all those 
branches of natural philosophy arising or deducible from these several 
sciences. The well-known abilities of the author as a lecturer, is a suf¬ 
ficient guarantee that his facts are drawn from the purest sources, the 
authorities which he has quoted being of the first rank, and his own 
lucubrations and critical remarks are of themselves most valuable. He 
deals only with facts, and with a strong predilection to instruct rather 
than to please—to convince the judgments, rather than to dazzle the 
perceptions, of his readers. As an epitome of the various branches of 
natural philosophy freed from all the encumbrance of system, we know 
of no book better adapted for the use of schools, or at least as an excel¬ 
lent volume for every juvenile seminary. 
