The Sun.
London, England, 1833-11-19 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

4
PRACTICAL SUMMARY OF THE
AMP DUTIES, ALPHABETICALLY
4421 RANGED.
This is an enlargement of a part of the
1°)41111on run of Legal Remembrancers and
'4ries, laboriously and well executed ; but
ttith
, submission to the author or compiler,
"er out of season. The stamp duties will
ertandy undergo a revision of some kind, and
fat speedily ; in which case his work, as one
reference, will be rendered nearly useless.
=ETUS TVOBURNENSIS, a DESCRIP-
Coh, TIVE CA TAL 0 G UE ;
i'Prising Generic and Specific Character, Colour of the
Icivver, Native Country, Year of Introduction, Soil,
i Mode of Propagation of upwards of 6,000 Planta,
t Exotic and Indigenous, suited to the Climate of
c,IL, Country; with an Account of the Routine of
II aura throughout the Year in the Fruit and Vegetable
—.Pultnents.

By JAMES FORBES,
Principal Gardener at Woburn Abbey.
Medium Bvo. Numerous Plates and Plans,
he Duke of Bedford has long held a promi-
p4l station for his munificent patronage of the
40 Arts. Botanical science and rural economy
tire not less indebted to him. The princely
ii°4lain) of which the work before us gives full
tails)
has been ranked equal, if not superior,
all this country can boast. Holding, as we
44% the delights of a garden as amongst the purest
(l iki Most innocent, the examination of this
livl,lltle has afforded us peculiar pleasure. It is
tivelded into four parts. The first is a descrip-
-41 catalogue, in abreviated terms, of the generic
4Pecific character of upwards of 6,000 plants
lest adapted for the decoration of the British
iwer garden, pleasure-ground, green-house,
80wer, soil, plant-stove, with the colour of the
mode of cultivation, &c. The
plead comprises the plans of the parterres,
ure grounds, greenhouses, plant stoves,
tioatherY, and other erections, with a descrip-
-10,4 01 the different subjects enumerated, the
l:1 ' and the general management best adapted
the
growth of Cape, Botany Bay, and other
Mans
Plants. The third part is confined to the
and details relative to the kitchen garden
141/51attrnent, with lists of the fruits and vege-
" Cultivated ; and comprises numerous de
mttlB for the erection of forcing houses, culinary
t:' With an account of the materials best
igPLted for their construction—a mode of heat-
-11 uY hot water pipes, by which a genial steady
114 i 8 produced, with a great saving of fuel, and
t4llll,l3nses may be left, with perfect safety, for
45 hours, at even 28 degrees of frost, Faren-
hlt, and fourth, the general routine of culture
811 ed) throughout the year, in the forcing de-
tthlent.
44:4e description of the grounds of the Abbey
lifitiUdiciously illustrated by numerous views of
1111,1 s, especially those parts celebrated either for
iptlt natural or artificial beauties. One of the
he*ings represents a timber cottage, built by
ht late Mr. Ripton, the ingenious and cele-
ttyied landscape gardener, in imitation of the
Altaolarchitecture which prevailed in the 15th
4tii 16th centuries, in order to preserve a ge-
itlesPecimen of a style all but lost to the coun-
As a work combining a general view of
astticulture and Botany, we think Mr. Forbes
Ptt, been very successful. Useful knowledge
tila(les, the scientific details are rendered in-
and all the elegant varieties of flori-
it4l4° are not only forcibly and instructively
1; ribed, but most faithfully and pleasingly
ated. In the treatises for cultivating and
ot4tig the superior fruits and plants for
tft 41ie use, nothing necessary to be known is
ip4 1111 noticed. The advantage and gratifica-
he D‘va have derived from the publication is
Iti,i°4tTiater from its unexpectedness, for we must
~tti I,Y own the perusal of what we must style
40 and most unjust notice of the work in
i,itst,,ia.g,es of a magazine, whose conductor had
Ihleb4Sned himself little less than an oracle for
IN,„°Ttieultural community, had prejudiced us
1,14171 against the work. We strongly advise
°ltle delighting in these pursuits to consult
111111tlio°;111ne, and sure we are, whoever follows its
[4t N.),, whether in the general management of
teil, 'Jen and conservatory, orin the business of
8) need not apprehend disappointment.