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 A NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH GRASSES. 



By E. J. LOWE, ESQ., F.R.S., F.R.A.S., &c. Illustrated with 74 finely- 

 coloured Plates. In One Volume, super- royal 8vo., price l Is. 



This is a work not only valuable to the botanical student for its pictorial 

 accuracy, but of use also to the landed proprietor and the farmer, pointing out 

 to them those grasses which are useful and lucrative in husbandry, and teaching 

 them the varied soils and positions upon which they thrive, and explaining their 

 qualities and the several uses to which they are applied in many branches of 

 manufacture and industry. There is much interesting matter also in this volume 

 appertaining to the ancient customs and superstitions connected with the subject, 

 which the author brings before his reader in a forcible rather than in a prolix 

 style. 



'It is very faithful, and marvellously cheap, considering the beautiful manner in which it ia 

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MAUND'S BOTANIC GARDEN. 



Consisting of highly-finished Figures of Hardy Ornamental Flowering 

 Plants Cultivated in Great Britain, with their Names, Orders, History, 

 Qualities, Culture, and Physiological Observations. By B. MATJND, F.L.S. 

 New Edition, edited by JAMES C. NIVEX, Curator of the Botanic Gardens, 

 Hull. With 250 Coloured Plates, giving 1247 figures. In Six Volumes, 

 super-royal 8vo., 12 12s. 



BRITISH SEA-WEEDS. 



Drawn from Professor Harvey's 'Phycologia Britannica.' With Descriptions, 

 an Amateur's Synopsis, Rules for Laying on Sea-weeds, an Order for 

 Arranging them in the Herbarium, and an Appendix of JS"ew Species. By 

 Mrs. ALFRED GATTY. Illustrated with 80 coloured Plates, containing 384 

 figures. In Two Volumes, super-royal 8vo., price 2 10s. 



'Those who are acquainted with Mrs. G-atty's "Parables from Nature," and especially with 

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 ably executed by a competent and loving observer. In her present work she has endeavoured, 

 and we think most successfully, to translate the terms and phrases of science into the language 

 of amateurs. Mrs. Gatty's familiarity with the plants themselves has enabled her to do thia 

 office without falling into the errors to which a mere compiler in separating from the beaten 

 track would be liable.' Gardeners' Chronicle. 



ALPINE PLANTS. 



Descriptions and 103 accurately-coloured Figures (drawn and engraved ex- 

 pressly for this Work) of some of the most striking and beautiful of the 

 Alpine Flowers. Edited by DAVID WOOSTEE, joint editor of the latest 

 editions of Louclon's ' Encyclopedias of Gardening and Plants,' 'Hortus 

 Britannicus,' &c. In One Volume, super-royal 8vo., price 1 5s. 



'The manner in which "Alpine Plants" is produced is creditable alike to author and artist. 

 The literary portion is not the mere dry botanical descriptions often found in such works, but 

 a popular description of the plant, instructions as to its culture and treatment, with any in- 

 teresting information in connexion with it that can be obtained. . . . We heartily commend 

 this work to all lovers of flowers.' Journal of Horticulture. 



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 have thrust itself through the brown soil which the thaw has softened.' Times. 



