34 BOTANICAL BOOKS AND COLLECTIONS. 



2*. A History of British Ferns, by Edward Newman, F.L.S. ; 

 8vo. 18s. Sonnenschein. An abridged edition, 2s. 



The excellent engravings which distinguish Newman's 

 works surpass the coloured plates of most authors. The illus- 

 trations of varieties are very numerous and minute in their 

 details. 



3. Familiar Wild Flowers, by F. E. Hulme, F.L.S. ; 200 



coloured plates and descriptive text ; 5 vols., post 8vo. 

 62s. 6d. Cassell and Co. 



Carefully prepared, with artistic representations of the 

 plants described. It is a work in which scientific difficulties 

 are avoided, and additional volumes would extend its use- 

 fulness. 



4. The Flowering Plants, Sedges, Grasses, and Ferns of Great 



Britain, with their Allies, by Anne Pratt ; coloured 

 illustrations of 1,644 species ; 6 vols., 8vo. 75s. 

 Warne. 



The Flowering Plants of Great Britain, by Anne Pratt; 

 coloured illustrations of 1,340 species; 3 vols., 8vo. 

 42s. Warne. 



The Ferns of Great Britain, with their Allies, by Anne 

 Pratt ; coloured illustrations of 63 species ; 8vo. 

 12s. 6d. S.P.C.K. 



Anne Pratt's works are too well known to require much 

 comment or recommendation. The descriptions are not suffi- 

 cient for a scientific identification of the plants, but illustra- 

 tions of almost every British species are attached, and the 

 popular portions are most interesting. The three publications 

 mentioned above are similar. The first is the original and 

 complete edition, or its re-issue ; the second is an issue of 

 the first five volumes, with the letterpress printed in smaller 

 type, and the original plates retained. The third is the 

 latter part of the sixth volume published separately. The 

 Sedges and Grasses have not been so issued at present. 



Wild Flowers, by Anne Pratt; with 192 coloured plates; 

 2 vols., 16mo. 12s. S.P.C.K. 



This is a simple guide to the flowers of the fields and hedges, 

 but it has in its day given to many, as to the writer himself, 

 the first introduction to a friendship with Nature "which will 

 stand true for ever. 



