William and Samuel Curtis. 2 I 3 



Second Edition. To which is added, " A 

 Discourse teaching the best way of improving 

 Bees." 8vo. 1678. 



7. A Further Discovery of Bees. By M. Rusden. 



8vo. 1679. Plates. 



8. The True Amazon ; or, The Monarchy of Bees. 



By Jos. Warder. 8vo. 1713. 



9. The English Apiary ; or, The Complete Bee- 



Master. By John Gedde. 8vo. 1721. 



10. The Antient Bee- Master's Farewell. By John 

 Keys. Svo. 1796. 



n. A Treatise on Bees. By the same. I2mo. 1814. 



Of the modern school the foremost name 

 is that of CURTIS, of whose nursery at Old 

 Brompton we have already heard. Between 

 1777 and 1799 William Curtis produced 

 his celebrated and still esteemed work, the 

 Flora Londinensis, or Plates and Descriptions 

 of such Plants as grou> wild in the Environs 

 of London. 2 vols., folio. This great work 

 was edited, with additions and corrections, 

 by Graves and Hooker, in 1821. 



In 1787 Curtis commenced his Botanical 

 Magazine, which he carried down to 1826, 

 and which was continued by his son Samuel 

 and Sir W. J. Hooker to 1858. The author 



