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VALUABLE BOTANICAL WORKS, 



Published by James Ridgway, 169, Piccadilly, 



and all Booksellers. 



BOTANICAL RE- 



By Sydenham Edwards, 



THE 



s. 



GISTER 

 F.L.S. and others, VoL XI. Price 21 9s. Con- 

 tinued monthly. Each number contains eight 

 finely coloured portraits (from life) of the most 

 beautiful exotic plants, cultivated in the gardens 

 and green-houses of this country, accompanied 

 with the.r history, best mode of cultivation, pro. 

 pagation, &c. &c. Price 4s. 



" ' Comparisons are odious, but when a work 

 like the present meets our view, so little short, 

 if any, of perfection, it is with more than or- 

 dinary pleasure we recommend a preference, 

 certain of receiving the approbation of those 

 who rely on our opinion." — Literary Chronicle. 



" We look upon this Work (Edwards's 

 Botanical Register) to be the only one of its 

 class capable of bearing the inspection of the 

 Botanist in all its departments • and for beauty 

 of execution of its plates and typography, it 

 stands unrivalled by any whatever which have 

 come under our notice.""*** " It cannot fail to 

 please every lover of this fashionable and very 

 interesting science, as well as admirers of beau- 

 tiful works in general." — Monthly Critical 

 Gazette. 



*** Those ladies and gentlemen who have 

 lately become subscribers to Edwards's " Bota- 

 nical Register," without taking the prior num- 

 bers, {many of which were out of print,) are 

 informed they are now severally reprinted, and 

 will in future be always kept in print, that such 

 as may prefer completing their sets gradually 

 and periodically, may do so without disappoint- 

 ment 



2.' SWEET'S HORTUS BRI- 

 TANNICUS ; or, a Catalogue of all Plants cul- 

 tivated in the Gardens of Great Britain, 

 whether exotic or indigenous, arranged ac- 

 cording to the Natural Orders to which they 

 belong, with a reference to the Linneean Classes 

 and Orders ; their Scientific and English Names, 

 with references to the best Authorities ; where 

 native, when introduced, their times of flower- 

 ing, duration, and references to the books in 

 which they are figured ; with numerous other 

 improvements. The whole brought down to 

 the present time, and contains many hundreds 

 of Plants not yet published in any Catalogue of 

 this Country. By Robert Sweet, F.L.S. 

 1 volume 8vo. 18s. 



3. THE HOT-HOUSE AND 

 GREEN-HOUSE MANUAL, or BOTANI- 

 CAL CULTIVATOR; giving full Instruc- 

 tions for the Management and best Method of 

 Cultivation and Propagation of all the Plants 

 cultivated in the Hot-houses, Green-houses, and 

 Borders, in the Gardens of Great Britain ; with 

 plain Directions for the Management of Plants 

 in Rooms, &c. Disposed under the Generic 

 Names of the Plants, alphabetically arranged 

 under the heads of the department of Horti- 

 culture to which they belong. Second edition 

 By Robert Sweet, F.L.S. Price 12s. 



" Of this very useful book, we perceive that a 

 second edition has been lately published, con- 

 taining much new information, especially upon 

 the treatment of those plants which are the most 

 difficult to cultivate. We recommend this work 

 to every, lover of gardening." Edwards's Botan- 

 ical Register for November, 1825. 



" It is a very complete and excellent work, 

 and furnishes all the information that can be 



required on the subjects of which it treats." 



Literary Gazette, November 1825. 



I" Indeed, what Mr. Sweet has said on the 

 culture of bulbs and epiphytes in the last edition 

 of his Botanical Cultivator, may be considered 

 as the ultimatum on this subject for the British 

 Gardener." Gardener's Mag. No 2. for April. 



4. GERANIACEvE, or Natural 

 Order of the Beautiful Family of Gera- 

 niums. By Robert Sweet, F.L.S. Vol. iii. 

 31.15s. Continued monthly. Price 3s. each. 



5. CISTINE^. The Natural 

 Order of Cistcs, or Rock-rose. By R. Sweet, 

 F.L.S., Number VII. for July, and continued 

 every alternate month. Price 3s. 



6 THE FRUIT-GROWER'S IN- 

 STRUCTOR; a Practical Treatise on Fruit- 

 Trees, from the Nursery to Maturity, with Lists 

 of those Fruits most worthy of Cultivation, both 

 for keeping and immediate use. To which is 

 added an Effectual Remedy for, and Prevention 

 from, the canker in apple-trees. By G. Buss, 

 Nurseryman, 6s. boards. 



piCTORIAL PLANS. — It is 



many yoars since an attempt was first made 

 to introduce a superior style of delineating estates, 

 but custom and prejudice have in a great mea- 

 sure prevented its adoption by landed proprie- 

 tors. Convinced, however, that this, like o'ther 

 branches of art, must keep pace with the im- 

 proved perception of the age, I have devoted 

 much time and study to its acquirement ; and 

 though I do not see the possibility of convert- 

 ing a plan into a picture, still I find it possible 

 by delineating the principal features of the park! 

 pleasure grounds, &c., and by correctly repre- 

 senting ine character of thsir timber, woods 

 and plantations, to produce a drawing which 

 shall possess much pictorial beauty, and convey 

 such a general imprelsjon of the place as to 

 form an extremely interesting and almost in- 

 dispensible addition to a library or sitting room • 

 the drawing, at the same time, possessing all the 

 utility and accuracy of a ground plan. I have 

 sometimes, in addition to this, taken a series of 

 views, shewing the principal beauties and cha- 

 racteristics of the seat These, bound up with a 

 reduced plan and written description of its 

 topography, antiquities, and capabilities for im- 

 provement, form a pleasing manuscript illustra- 

 tion, which is ever an agreeable companion 

 to a visitor, and a useful reference to the pro- 

 prietor. 



For the information of gentlemen who may 

 wish to have a pictorial plan of their estates 

 or parks, I think it proper to state that a 

 fresh survey is not always ^necessary; an old 

 one will generally answer every purpose, pro- 

 vided it is accurate. All that is required is to 

 visit the place, to make sketches, observations 

 and corrections, the charge for which is so 

 much per day and expences : but even this may 

 sometimes be dispensed with ; for a full descrip- 

 tion, on a rough plan, of the character of the 

 trees, &c. will often answer every purpose. If 

 a fresh survey is necessary, the charge is, for 

 common arable land, Is. per acre and expences • 

 but a park or other intricate spot must be 

 charged for by the day. I will now give some 

 idea of the probable expense of the drawings 

 A small villa or residence, forming a drawing of 

 from 10 to 15 inches square, would be about 

 2 or 3 guineas. A park, consisting of 50 to 200 

 acres, 20 to 30 inches square, 5 to 10 guineas. A 

 common arable farm of the same space and 

 quantity, 3 to 6 guineas. A combined plan of 

 park and lands, from 300 to 600 acres, 50 to 60 

 inches square, ( from 10 to 15 and 20 guineas 

 according to the scale, quantity of work, and 

 finishing; and so on to any extent of property. 



Mr. J. Thompson will be happy to correspond 

 with any gentleman who may feel inclined to 

 employ him, or by calling at his residence they 

 may see specimens of his style, and learn more 

 of his charges. Auctioneers and land-agents 

 who have property for sale, will find that a 

 pictorial plan is an advantageous mode of 

 creating an interest and conveying a correct 

 conception of an estate. No. 1, Wellington 

 Street, Waterloo Bridge, Strand 



