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STUDIES HI BOTAflY: 



SKETCHES OP BRITISH WILD FLOWERS 

 IN THEIR HOMES. 



'BY 



R. LLOYD PRAEGER, B.A., M.R.I.A. 



Illustrated by Drawings from Nature by S. Rosamond Praegrer, 

 and Photographs by R. Welch. 



Handsome Cloth, 7s. 6d. Gilt, for Presentation, 8s. 6d. 



. GENERAL CONTENTS. A Daisy-Starred Pasture Under the Hawthorns 

 By the River Along the Shingle A Fragrant Hedgerow A Connemara 

 Bog Where the Samphire grows A Flowery Meadow Among the Corn 

 (a Study in Weeds) In the Home of the Alpines A City Rubbish-Heap 

 Glossary. 



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"A Series of STIMULATING and DELIGHTFUL Chapters on Field-Botany." Th* 

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STUDIES HI GEOLOGY: 



An Introduction to Geology Out-of-doors. 



BY 



GRENYILLE A. J. COLE, F.G.S., M.R.I.A., 



Professor of Geology in the Royal College of Science for Ireland. 

 With 12 Full-Page Illustrations from Photographs. Cloth. 8s. 6d. 



GENERAL CONTENTS. The Materials of the Earth A Mountain Hollow 

 Down the Valley Along the Shore Across the Plains Dead Volcanoes 

 A Granite Highland The Annals of the Earth The Surrey Hills The 

 of the Mountains. 



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