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MAUND'S BOTANIC GARDEN. 



The Number for January, 18-15, contains tbe commencement of 



THE FRUITIST, 



A treatise on useful Fruits, with Engravings. 



This addition will be given monthly, without extra charge, to meet the increasing 

 taste for the cultivation of Gartlen Fruits, particularly the improved varieties ol 

 Apples and Pears. The smallest Gardens are not unsuitable to the growth of 

 these; and from trees of the size of gooseberry bushes, a large produce of delicious 

 fruit may be oi)tained. 



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 the above date, the commencement of the Volume. Price, large Is. 6d.; small Is. 

 Monthly. 



For the accommodation of Gardeners and small Cultivators, who desire to obtain a 

 knowledge of Flowers and Gardening, for pecuniary advantage, or for pleasure, 

 a reprint of the early Numbers is issued monthly, called " T/ie Gardener's Edition 

 of the Botanic Garden." 'J'he plates are [lartially coloured, and tlie price but Qd. 

 each montli. Of this. Two Parts, of Twelve Numbers each, are completed, price, 

 in gilt cloth, 7s. 6^/. each part. 



Complete in 5 vols. 4to, either together or separate, at 32s. large, 

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THE BOTANIST. 



By B. INIaund, F.L.S., assisted by the Rev. J. S. Henslow, M.A. F.L.S. &c. 

 Regius Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge. 



Containing beautifully executed coloured Engravings of the most admired Plants, 

 cultivated in the Greenhouse, Stove, or open Garden. The drawings accurately 

 coloured from nature, of the full size of the flowers. Generic and specific dis- 

 tinctions are accompanied by popular information on the History, Properties, 

 Habits, Culture, and Geograpliical Distribution of the subjects figured. With 

 portions of an easy Guide to Botany, and Botanical Dictionary, written by Prof. 

 Henslow, illustrated by numerous cuts. 



The literary periodicals have unanimously bestowed the highest praise on 

 The Botanist. A few concise extracts may be given as examples. 



Congregational Magazine. — "The figures of 

 ornamental plants are beautifully coloured, 

 and the descriptions happily combine scien- 

 tific, popular, and moral instruction." 



M'^tropolitnn Magazine. — "The engraving 

 and the colouring of the flowers are really 

 excellent specimens of the art." 



Gardenei-'s Magazine. — " The plates are re- 

 markably well executed, and the whole work 

 has the neat appearance of Mr. Maund's Botanic 

 Garden." 



Mudical Gazette. — " We do not know any 

 work better calculated to inspire a love for 

 botany, and gratify it when awakened." 



Literal-!/ Gazette. — " The plan is excellent, 

 and the illustrations finely executed." 



AN ESSAY ON THE IMPROVEMENT 



TO BE MADE IN THE 



CULTIVATION OF SMALL FARMS, 



By the introduction of Green Crops, and Housefeeding the Stock thereon. 

 By William Blacker. Fifth Edition, 18mo, 1*. 6(/. 



