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of drawiugs at length became important from tlieir number and accuracy, and 

 ; a long continued study of the nutritive properties of Fungi lias induced the 

 ; former to lay the results of her investigations before the jjublic, under the 

 \ fonu of illustrations of the more useful aud interesting s])ecies. Tlie ligures 

 ; are so faitliful that there can be no dililculty in at once determining with 

 f certainty the olijccts they are intended to represent; and the observations will 

 ; be found of much interest to the general reader." — Gardeners' Chronicle. 

 ^ "This is an elegant and interesting book : it would be an ornnmeut to the 



■', drawing-room table; but it nmst not, therefore, be supposed that the value of \ 



;': the work is not intrinsic, for a great deal of new and valuable matter acconipaiiics > 



■: the plates, which arc not fancy sketches, but so individualized and life-like, that ; 



.; to mistake any species seems im])ossiblc. The accessories of each arc significant \ 



; of site, soil, aud season of growth, so that the botanist may study with advantage ; 



■ what the artist may inspect with admiration." — Morning Post. ] 



I ILLUSTRATIONS OF BKITISII jMYCOLOGY; containing \ 



; Figures and Descriptions of the Funguses of interest and \ 



■ novelty indigenous to Britain. Second Series. By Mrs. Hussey. i 

 Publisliing in Monthly Parts, coloured drawings, price Bs. '> 



, VOICES FR0:\I THE WOODLANDS; or, History of Forest j 



I Trees, Lichens, Mosses, and Ferns. By Mai{y IIoberts. \ 



I Elegantly bound. With twenty Plates of Forest Scenery, I 



\ by Fitch. Royal 16mo. Price 10s. Gel. coloured. '" 



\ "This work includes a wide range of genera, from the lichen to the oak, and , 



^ by way of giving variety to a subject so commonj)lace, the several plants are sup- ; 



\ posed to tell their own stories, and describe their own family peculiarities." — Atlas. ' 



^ " The fair authoress of this jjretty vohune has shown more than the usual ' 

 ^ good taste of her sex in the selection of her mode of conveying to the young 

 I interesting instruction upon pleasing topics. She bids them join in a ramble 



' through the sylvan wilds, and at her command the fragile lichen, tlie giiarUd oak, ' 



the towering beech, the graceful chestnut, aud the waving [xipl.ir discourse elo- j 



/ quently, aud tell their respective histories and uses.' — Britannia. > 



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J THE VICTOKTA KEGIA. V>y Sir W. L Hook eh, F.K.S., D.C.L. > 



\ In elephant folio. Jllnstratcd on a large .'^calc l)y \V. Fitch. \ 



] Bed need to 21«. " \ 



The work on the lloyal Water Lily contains four plates of very ^ 



■ large size, expensis ely coloured, illustrative of the dillerent stages of \ 

 ; flowering and fruiting, with analyses of structure, as follows: — ? 

 / 1. A view of tlie entire plant, flower, fruit, and leaves, on the ' 

 J water. ; 



2. A flower of tlie natural size in progress of expanding, together i 



with as much of the enormous foliage as the broad dinien- | 



sions of the paper will admit. i 



3. A fully expanded llowc'r of the vnlimil nize, with foliage, Jee. \ 



4. A vertical section of the fully developed tlowcr, with various \ 

 : ' dissections and analyses. ; 



" .\lthough many works have been devoted to the illustration and description \ 



