LONDON, June, 1">9. 



MR. REEVE'S 

 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 



1. 

 Handbook of the British Flora ; 



A Description of the Flowering Plants and Ferns Indigenous to, or Natu- 

 ralized in, the British Isles. For the use of Beginners and Amateurs. 

 By GEORGE BENTHAM, F.L.S. 



In One Volume, 680 pages, price 12s. 



" On the subject of the plants of Great Britain, we have works from the magnificent 

 ' English Flora' of Smith and Sowerby, down to the curt and accurate 'Manual' of Ba- 

 bington. But for popular use they may be all objected to, either on the ground of their 

 expense or their technical character. Mr. Bentham's aim has been to produce a cheap, 

 untechnical volume, containing descriptions of all British plants, with an easy method of 

 finding out their names. In this, we think, he has succeeded. The distinguishing feature 

 of his Handbook is the addition of a series of tables or analytical indexes after the manner 

 proposed by Lamarck, and adopted with so much success by De Candolle in his ' Flore 

 Fran9aise.' This system has been adopted by Dr. Lindley in this country, as far as the 

 Natural Orders are concerned, but it has not been carried out to the genera and species in 

 any of our local Floras. . . . Any one conversant with botany, who takes up Mr. Bentham's 

 book, will immediately feel that he is dealing with an original work, and that not only are 

 his tables new, but also his detailed descriptions of species." ATHENAEUM. 



" One of the best of systematic botanists of the soundest judgment and the largest ex- 

 perience, both in European and exotic botany has deemed it no unfit employment of a 

 portion of his valuable time to prepare a volume by which beginners, having no previous 

 acquaintance with the science, may learn to know, most advantageously and readily, the 

 wild flowers and plants of his native land. The result is a genuine popular Flora, and a 

 clear proof that the plants of a limited country may be described, by one who understands 

 them thoroughly, in comparatively simple language, without any sacrifice of scientific ac- 

 curacy or of scientific interest." PROFESSOR ASA GRAY. 



2. 



Curtis^s Botanical Magazine ; 



Comprising the Plants of the Royal Gardens of Kew, and of other Bota- 

 nical Establishments in Great Britain, with suitable Descriptions. By Sir 

 W. J. HOOKEB, D.C.L., F.R.S., Director of the Royal Gardens of Kew. In 

 Monthly Numbers, each containing 6 coloured plates by W. Fitch. 

 Royal 8vo. Published Monthly. Price 3s. 6d. coloured. 



The attention of Botanists and Horticulturists is especially directed to this old-established 

 and standard record of new and recently cultivated plants. The position of the Author as 

 Director of the largest and most valuable coUection in the world, and his habits of friendly 

 communication, not only with Botanists and Botanical Travellers, but with Nurserymen 

 and all the distinguished Horticulturists of the day, ensure the earliest publicity of the more 

 interesting and remarkable species ; whilst the acknowledged excellence of Mr. Fi 

 drawings, executed at Kew under the superintendence of the Author, is a sure guaran 

 for the subjects being faithfully delineated. 



