- NEW SERIES OF NATURAL HISTORY. 
*,* A good introductory series of books on British Natural History for the use of students and 
amateurs is still a desideratum. Those at present in use have been too much compiled from anti- 
| quated sources; while the figures, copied in many instances from sources equally antiquated, are 
far from accurate, the colouring of them having become degenerated through the adoption, for the 
sake of cheapness, of mechanical processes. 
The present series will be entirely the result of original research carried to its most advanced 
point; and the figures, which will be chiefly engraved on steel, by the artist most highly renowned 
in each department for his technical knowledge of the subjects, will in all cases be drawn from 
actual specimens, and coloured separately by hand. The following are now ready :— 
BRITISH FERNS; an Introduction to the Study of the Ferns, Lycopods, and Equiseta indigenous 
to the British Isles. With chapters on the Structure, Propagation, Cultivation, Diseases, Uses, Preservation, 
and Distribution of Ferns. By Margaret Puivurs. Crown 8vo, 16 Coloured Plates, and 56 Wood-Engravings 
by W. Firon, 10s. 6d. 
BRITISH BEES; an Introduction to the Study of the Natural History and Economy of the Bees 
indigenous to the British Isles. By W. E.Suvckarp. Crown 8vo, 16 Coloured Steel Plates, comprising nearly 
100 Figured Engraved from Natural Specimens expressly for the work, by E. W. Ropiyson, and numerous 
Wood-Engravings, 10s. 6d. : ; 
BRITISH BEETLES ; an Introduction to the Study of our Indigenous Coteoprera. By E. C. Rye. 
Crown 8vo, 16 Coloured Steel Plates, comprising Figures of nearly 100 Species Engraved from Natural Specimens 
expressly for the work, by E. W. Rosinson, and 11 Wood-Engravings of Dissections by the Author, 10s. 6d. 
Nearly Ready. 
_ BRITISH SPIDERS; an Introduction to the Study of our Native ARacuNnipA. By E. F. Sraveney. 
Crown 8yvo, 16 Coloured Plates and Wood-Engravings, 10s. 6d. 
Other Works are in Preparation. 
JUST PUBLISHED. 
BotANicaL MAGAZINE. Coloured Illustrations and Descriptions of the new and 
rare Flowering Plants of the Royal Gardens, Kew, and of other Botanical Establish- 
ments. By Dr. Hooxer, F.R.S., Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew. Monthly, with 6 Coloured 
_ Plates by W. Frron, 3s. 6d. 
Contents of No. 259, July 1866. 
| * MECONOPSIS. NIPALENSIS. ANCYLOGYNE LONGIFLORA. 
A POLYSTACHYA PUBESCENS. | ANGRAZOCUM CHAILLUANUM, 
LOBELIA NICOTIANAFOLIA. FUE 
FLORAL MAGAZINE; containing Figures and Descriptions of the newest varieties 
of Popular Garden Flowers. By the Rev. H. Honywoop Domprain. Monthly, with 4 
coloured Plates by ANDREWS, 2s. 6d. 
Contents of No. 75, July 1866. 
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