Every country is having its especial Horticultural Magazine, either as an individual enterprise, or as the emanation of some public body. Before us we have the Bttlle-tino della R. Societa Toscana di Orticiiltura. The number before us gives an account of a great National Exposition in May last. Orchids, palms, yuccas, ferns and leaf plants generally seem to be the most popular plants exhibited, though pelargoniums in their various sections, rhododendrons and azaleas, roses, 150 varieties by one exhibitor, and some other things, received attention. There are descriptions of fine gardens, and among other items of interest an account of the doings of a society established to prevent tourists from utterly rooting out rare botanical specimens.

Agricultural, Botanical and Chemical Results of Experiments on the Mixed and Permanent Meadow. By Drs. Lawes, Gilbert, and M. T. Masters. Published by the Royal Society of London.

This is the botanical portion of this wonderful work, undertaken by these painstaking experimenters. The grass land was left twenty years in sod, and the changes which occurred by the use of peculiar manures, peculiar seasons, peculiar soils, or peculiar circumstances of any kind, were carefully noted. The different species of grass in the meadow at the commencement, perhaps the same at the commencement of the experiments, varied remarkably at the end of the term, according to the circumstances surrounding it. In damp soil, for instance, one kind would have crowded out the other at the end of the term; in dry soil, the case would be reversed; the damp-soil lover would be crowded out, and the one which dryness suited would prevail.

As a work of scientific interest, which may be made one of vast practical value by reference to it from time to time, no more valuable paper to the cultivators of the soil has perhaps appeared within the century.

The Goldfish and its Culture with a View to Profit. By Hugo Mulertt, Cincinnati. Published by the author.

Some years ago, when in connection with a daily paper, the writer was called on by a gentleman desiring employment, who gave as one of his merits that he could write able articles on any subject, and the less he knew about the subject the better would be the articles that he could write. This may be all right, but we prefer writings by those who are familiar with their subjects; and therefore at the outset we are prepared to welcome a book on this subject by Mr. Mulertt, because the writer has pleasant recollections of a visit to Mr. Mulertt's establishment some years ago, and how well he succeeded in making everything do well.

There are few more interesting occupations than the care of pets in the shape of living creatures about the house, and of all these pets the goldfish is one of the most interesting. But those who do not know how to manage them soon find the fish diseased, or in some other way fish-caring becomes annoying. This work is intended to look into the subject of "profit;" but it is just the little things desirable for profit that make the successful amateur, and we can cordially recommend this work to all goldfish lovers.