ners and customs of several Indian tribes located west of the Missis- 

 sippi. 



Philadelphia, 1823. Ptg. for the author by J. Maxwell, 402 p. 

 22 cm. lea. 

 p. 145-161, 180-182, 368-395. 



Valuable for Indian herb remedies as described by one who was 

 thoroug-hly familiar with, and had made use of them among the 

 Indians. The book is very interesting on Indians and Indian 

 character. 



Lewer, H. W. 



A Book of Simples. Being a Eeproduction of the Still-Eoom Book 



belonging to an old Manor House. 



London, 1908. Low, 234 p.. Demy 8vo. parchment. 



"Produced in the best style." Pure rag paper, deckle edged, 



bound in green parchment, full gilt back. 



Lindley, John 



Flora medica; a botanical account of all the more important plants 



used in medicine in different parts of the world. 



London, 1838. Longman, Orme, etc., xiii&636 p. 22 cm. % lea. 



Orta, Garcia da. 1490-1570 



Colloquies on the simples and drugs of India. . .new ed. (Lisbon, 



1895) edited and annotated by the conde de Picalho; trans, with 



an introd. and index by Sir Clements Markham. 



London, 1913. Sotheran, xxi&509 p., illus. 22 cm. cl. 



By one of the greatest early authorities on medicine and drugs, 

 written as a discussion between a suppositious doctor and Orta 

 himself. The historical setting of the book, also, is very in- 

 teresting. 



Parkinson, John 



Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants, or. An Universall and 



Compleate Herball; Composed by John Parkinson Apothecarye of 



London, and the Kings Herbarist. 



London, 1640. Printed by Tho. Cotes, 1755 p., illus., engr., t. p. port. 



35 cm., calf, gilt back. 



This is a first edition. Fine copy. Thousands of woodcuts, 

 and an engraved title-page (by W. Marshall) with portrait of 

 author below those of Adam and Solomon. Contains much mat- 

 ter on the universal history of plants not contained in previous 

 works. The dedication of this "Manlike Worke Of Herbes and 

 Plants" is to Charles I, as that of his "Feminine Worke of 

 Flowers" (Paradisi in Sole) was to his consort. Queen Henrietta 

 Maria. "Table of the Vertues." 



"Gerarde's herbal and this work were the two main pillars of 

 botany in England to the time of Ray" — Lowndes. 



THE HOTHOUSE and EXOTICS 



"It's twenty thousand mile to our little lazy isle 

 Where the trumpet-orchids blow!" 



Eudyard Kipling 



Brooke & Co., Fairfield nurseries 



The Fairfield orchids; a descriptive catalogue of the species and 

 varieties grown by James Brooke & co., Fairfiald nurseries. 

 London, 1872. Bradbury, Evans, & co., vi&128 p. 23 cm. cl. 



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