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THE FLORA OF THE COLOSSEUM; 



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DESCRIPTIONS OF FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY PLANTS GROW- 

 ING SPONTANEOUSLY UPON THE RUINS OF THE 



COLOSSEUM OF SOME. 

 BY RICHARD DEAKIN, M.D., 



ETC., ETC., 



Author of " Florigraphia Britannica," "British Ferns and their Allies," 

 " Meteorological Chart of Rome," etc. 



Flowers are perhaps the most graceful and lovely objects of creation, but 

 are a: no time more delightful than when associated with scenes recalling to 

 the imagination times and places long passed away. They form a link in 

 the memory, arid teach us hopeful and soothing lessons amid the sadness of 

 desolated grandeur. Cold, indeed, must be the heart irresponsive to their 

 silent appeal ; speechless, they tell of that regenerating power which reani- 

 mates the dust of mouldering greatness ; bright and beautiful, they clothe 

 with delicate blossoms and curiously constructed leaves the wrecks of un- 

 sparing Time. 



Four Hundred and Twenty Plants are found growing spontaneously on 

 the ruins of the Colosseum, and the object of the Author in the present 

 volume is to invite the attention of the lover of the works of creation to this 

 most curious and remarkable fact. To the botanist, residing even though 

 temporarily on the spot, the knowledge of these floral productions, flourishing 

 in triumph upon the ruins of a single building, must prove alike instructive 

 and interesting ; and even to those not yet acquainted with the glories of 

 Ancient Rome the simple history of Nature's children luxuriating in beauty 

 amid the decay of man's vast ambition, may not be without its charm. 



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BRITISH 



GAME BIRDS AND WILD FOWL. 



Illustrated with Sixty highly coloured Engravings from Original Drawings. 

 BY BEVERLEY R. MORRIS, ESQ., M.D. 



NEW WOEK BY DE. SPENCER THOMSON. 

 In one volume, profusely Illustrated, 



THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS 



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Illustrative of the Power, "Wisdom, and Goodness of God. 



BY SPENCER THOMSON, M.D., 



Author of " Wanderings among the Wild Flowers," etc., etc. 



