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and in a condensed form, the general distinctions of the families, some of the most important facts respecting their 
distribution, and their economical and ornamental application, and a few special points of culture are enumerated. 
Then follows the Synopsis, in which the authors lay no claim to originality in their botanical views, the arrange¬ 
ment of genera and species adopted, differing, as they tell us, very slightly from that given by the late Professor 
Endlicher, in his valuable Synopsis Coniferarum. The genera and their arrangements are as follows : — 
I. Cupressinea.—1. Juniperinece : Juniperus, Linn. 2. Actinostrobece: "Widdringtonia, Endl. ; Frenela, Mirb.; 
Callitris, Vent.; Libocedrus, Endl. 3. Thuiopsidecc: Biota, Endl. ; Thuja, Linn. 4. Cupressinece verce: 
Cupressus, Linn. ; Chamaecyparis, Spach. 5. Taxodinece: Taxodium, Rich.; Glyptostrobus, Endl. ; Cryptomeria, 
D. Don. 
II. Abietinea. —1. Abietinece verce: Pinus, Linn ; Abies, 1). Don ; Picea, D. Don; Larix, Tourn. ; Cedrus, Barr. 
2. Araueuriece : Araucaria, Jmss. 3 . Cunninghamiece : Dammara, Litmiph.; Cunninghamia, Li. Br. ; Sequoia, Endl. 
III. Podocarpea. —Podocarpus, LiHerit. ; Dacrydium, Lol. 
IY. Taxinea. — Phyllocladus, L. C. Rich.; Salisburia, Smith ; Cephalotaxus, Sieb. et Zucc; Torreya, Am. ; 
Taxus, Linn. 
These genera are then treated separately, first in some general introductory remarks on their character and 
uses ; secondly, in special remarks on the hardiness, habit, or other characteristics of such of the species as require 
particular notice; and, thirdly, in a tabular arrangement of all the species and their varieties, which table, besides 
the adopted name, gives at one view all the synonymes, the popular names, the native country, and the height in 
feet. There are appended a few general remarks on the culture of Conifers, and a very useful, because complete, 
Index, including all the systematic and English names, as well as the synonymes. These particulars, though 
brief—and we do not extend them, because all who are interested in the subject, will not be content with any 
sketch our space may admit—justify us, as the more ample contents of the book itself most certainly do, in 
asserting that the little volume before us fully carries out its professed object, that of furnishing intended pur¬ 
chasers with a safe guide, in ascertaining the kinds which are suitable for planting under particular circumstances. 
As a convenient list of reference for the nomenclature of the most important group of hardy trees and shrubs, it 
will have a still more extended use. > M. 
SULPHURATING MACHINE. 
jn MONG the many instruments essential to the proper management of a garden, this invention by 
WX Mr. Fry promises to be one of the most useful, alike indispensable to the cottager as to the manager 
of the largest establishment. Through the kindness of a neighbour, we have had an opportunity of 
trying some experiments with the machine, and we find it admirably adapted for the purpose intended, 
as well as for fumigating with tobacco. It is manufactured on the principle of Brown’s Fumigator, 
the sulphur being drawn into a box by means of a fan, and distributed through a tube in a continuous 
cloud. With this instrument, a row of Peas, a score of Heaths, a frame of Cucumbers or Melons, or 
a house of Vines may be covered with sulphur in a few minutes, and that not in superabundance in 
one place, and none in another, but it is equally distributed like fine dust, and so as not to be offen¬ 
sively perceptible on the plants. Sulphur, and more especially sulphur vivum—the waste, is very 
cheap, if bought at the manufactory; and we have reason to believe that the Hop growers of Kent 
intend to avail themselves of this machine to destroy the mildew upon the Hop plants. It is necessary 
that the machine as well as the sulphur be perfectly dry when used, or it is liable to clog. For dis¬ 
tributing snuff to destroy the Aphis on wall trees, and also for quick lime for the Turnip fly, this 
machine might be used with advantage. 
It is true, we have not been in the habit of using sulphur so extensively in garden management 
as has been necessary ; but now we have got this machine, and know at the same time sulphur sufficient 
for the supply of a large garden may be purchased for a few shillings, we see no reason, why Peach 
trees, Peas, and many other crops should be allowed to draw out a miserable existence, when the 
enemy that kills them can be destroyed by a few puffs of this instrument. One of the best flower 
gardeners in the country, Mr. Beaton of Shrubland Park, uses sulphur among his flower beds, as 
Verbenas, Calceolarias, &e., to destroy the mildew, which upon some kinds, late in the autumn, is very 
troublesome; and we have no doubt he will regard this machine as a perfect boon to him, as will 
every other gardener who procures it. With it, all the beds in an ordinary flower garden might be 
dusted in less than an hour, and without being rendered unsightly, as they must be when sulphur 
is thrown upon them by the hand. 
When used as a fumigator, the tobacco is placed in a vase provided for the purpose, which can be 
attached to the machine in a few seconds, thus there is no chance of the ignition of the sulphur, or 
the generation of sulphurous acid gas, which is so destructive to vegetable life, and w r hich is so much 
dreaded by some gardeners who do not know the machine. In fumigating, this machine discharges 
