The Free Libraries. 301 



A.D. 



1872. Horatio C. Wood: North American Fresh-water 

 Algae. 4to. 21 plates filled with exquisite 

 coloured figures. P. P. 



1872. Flore Forestiere, &c. Folio. 18 splendid 



coloured plates, representing about 120 of the 

 most interesting trees and shrubs of central 

 Europe. P. P. 



1872-1874. D. Wooster: Alpine Plants. Two vols., 

 8vo. 1 08 coloured plates. City. 



1873. I jC Maout and Decaisne: General System of 



Botany. Translated by Mrs. Hooker. 5,500 

 woodcuts. City. 



1875. Sachs: Text-book of Botany. A massive 8vo., 

 with innumerable woodcuts. City. 



1877. F. G. Heath: The Fern World. 12 coloured 



plates. City. 



1878. F. G. Heath: Our Woodland Trees. Contains 



excellent coloured drawings of their leaves. 

 City. 



In addition to the thousand botanical works contained 

 in the three great Free Libraries, there are many of con- 

 siderable value, which they do not possess, in the Portico, 

 the Athenaeum, the "Royal Exchange," the Owens 

 College, and other collections not open to the general 

 public. The following are the most important of the 

 illustrated volumes. The aggregate of all kinds in the 

 subscription libraries is about four hundred volumes, 



