Just Published, in One thick Volume, Svo, price 25s., cloth, 



A HISTORY OF BRITISH FERNS, 



BY 



EDWARD NEWMAN, F.L.S., B.S., Z.S. &c. &c. 



This work is illustrated by one hundred aud fifty-eight engravings, which 

 are carefully executed by some of our first artists, from the author's own 

 drawings on the wood, and consist of studiously accurate figures of every 

 species and variety of Fern found in Great Britain. 



THE EQUISETACE^, LYCOPODIACEiE, ETC. ARE INCLUDED. 



Opinions of the Press. — " It is a great gratification to have it in our power 

 most cordially to recommend this work to all those who desire to obtain a 

 knowledge of our British Ferns, as one which in accuracy of observation, 

 elaborateness and cleai'ness of description, and beauty of illustration, does not 

 possess its equal." — 3Ir. Babington, in Annals of Natural History. " It is 

 just such books as this which render Natural History so attractive to every- 

 body who finds other pleasiu-es in a coimtry life besides hunting, coursing, 

 fishing and shooting." — Professor Lindley, in Gardener's Chronicle. "To 

 every lover of British Botany we cordially recommend Mr. Newman's volume." 

 — Magazine of Natural History. " The clear account of species, and the po- 

 pular suggestions for their culture, contained in this volume, justify our cor- 

 dial recommendation of its pages." — Atlas. " The embeUishmeuts of this 

 pretty volume are executed with equal good taste and skill." — Gentleman's 

 Magazine. " A valuable present to the lady botanist." — Loudon's Gardener's 

 Magazine. " No lady in the country ought to be without it." — Gardener's 

 Gazette. " Those who are desii-ous of acquiring an intimate acquaintance 

 with om- native species of this beautiful and interesting order of plants, cannot 

 do better than consult Mr. Newman's ' History of British Fei-ns.' " — Mr. 

 Ward, on the Growth of Plants in Closely Glazed Cases. " In Newman's 

 ' British Ferns' the species are exquisitely delineated-" — Mr. Gardiner's Flora 

 of Forfarshire. 



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