Dr. Asa Gray has issued through his publishers an "Introduction to Structural and Systematic Botany and Vegetable Physiology," being a fifth and revised edition of the Botanical Text-Book, illustrated with over 1300 woodcuts. New York, Ivison & Phinney, 1858.

It is designed to furnish classes in the higher seminaries of learning, colleges, and medical schools, as well as private students generally, with a suitable text-book of structural and physiological botany, and is greatly improved both in matter and illustrations; in the chapters much has been entirely rewritten, and such changes made as the advanced state of knowledge required. It has a full glossary, and altogether is an improved and important addition to the student's library. The teaching of botany is now made so simple and easy, that it is a reproach to persons pretending to education to be ignorant of its features.

Trellises, and Wire-Work Designs, of light character, suit well for such climbers as Maurandia Barclayana, Cobea scandens, Tropaeolums, and Fuchsias of pendent habit.

Trellises fitted to pots, and covered with climbers, make noble window and terrace ornaments. The choice kind of Tropaeolums are among the best plants for the purpose. To carry them over the entire surface, it is necessary to watch the young shoots as they make progress, and assist them on regularly. Fine lead wire will be found useful in all cases where creepers have to be led over trellises. The thread-like fingers produce the best effect when trained over the interior of a sphere; but for plants of stouter growth, a flat and somewhat fan-shaped design will be most suitable.