BOOKS 



PRINTED FOR WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH ; 

 AND T. CADELL, STRAND, LONDON. 



Elegantly Printed, in 3 vols. royal octavo, 



EXOTIC FLORA; 



Containing 

 FIGURES AND DESCRIPTIONS 



OF 



NEW, RARE, OR OTHERWISE INTERESTING EXOTIC PLANTS, 



Especially of such as are deserving of being Cultivated in our Gardens ; 



TOGETHEK WITH 



REMARKS UPON THEIR GENERIC AND SPECIFIC CHARAC- 

 TERS, NATURAL ORDERS, HISTORY, CULTURE, TIME OF FLOWERING, &c. 



BY WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, LL.D. &c. 



Member of the Imperial Academy Naturae Curiosorum; of the Wernerian Natural History Society of 

 Edinburgh ; of the Royal Botanic Society of Ratisbon ; of the Helvetic Society o Natural 



History, &c. &c. and 

 Regius Professor of Botany in the University of Glasgow. 



The Work includes, under the title of EXOTIC FLORA, Figures and De- 

 scriptions of such Plants, not natives of Great Britain, as are Cultivated in our 

 Gardens, or, in defect of them, of such as can be faithfully represented from 

 well-preserved specimens in our Herbaria. In the selection of Species, prefer- 

 ence is, of course, given to such as recommend themselves by their beauty, 

 their history, novelty, or some remarkable or little-known characters in their 

 flowers and fruit. 



In one large volume 8vo, with Eight Plates, price 15s. 



ELEMENTS OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF PLANTS; 



Containing the Principles of Scientific Botany, Nomenclature, Theory of Clas- 

 sification, Phytography, Anatomy, Chemistry, Physiology, Geography, and 

 Diseases of Plants ; with a History of the Science, and Practical Illustra- 

 tions. 



By A. P. DECANDOLLE, and K. SPRENGELL. 

 Translated from the German. 



In octavo, price 15s. 



FLORA EDINENSIS; 



OR 



A DESCRIPTION OF PLANTS GROWING NEAR EDINBURGH, 



Arranged according to the Linnean System ; with a Concise Introduction to 

 the Natural Orders of the Class Cryptogamia, and Illustrative Plates. 



By ROBERT KAYE GREVILLE, F.R.S. & F.A.S. E. 



Member of the Wernerian Natural History Society of Edinburgh, &c. Ac. &c. 



