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Just published, 



By JAMES RIDGWAY, Piccadilly, 



and all Booksellers. 



SWEET'S HORTUS BRI- 



TANNICUS : Part II. price 10*. 6d. or the 

 two Parts in one Volume, extra boards, 11. Is. ; 

 being a Catalogue of all the Plants either known 

 or cultivated in the Gardens and Public and 

 Private Establishments of Great Britain, whe- 

 ther Exotic or Indigenous ; arranged according 

 to the Natural Orders to which they belong, (it 

 being considered the best and most useful for the 

 Gardener and Cultivator, as it brings together 

 those Plants nearest related, which is not the 

 case in the Linntean System) ; to each genus is 

 also given a reference to the Linnasan Class and 

 Order ; their Scientific and English Names, with 

 numerous Synonyms, showing the various Names 

 given by late Authors for the same Plant, with 

 references to what are considered the best Au- 

 thorities ; where native, when introduced, the 

 months in which they flower, their duration, 

 whether tender or hardy ; also marks for Climb- 

 ers, Water-Plants, and Bulbs, with references 

 to the difFerentWorks in which they are figured ; 

 to which is added a large Addenda nf new Plants, 

 and Alterations made since the commencement 

 of the Work. The whole brought down to the 

 present time; containing several thousand 

 Plants never before published in any Catalogue 

 of this country. By Robert Sweet, F.L.S 



2. THE HOTHOUSE and GREENHOUSE 

 MANUAL, or BOTANICAL CULTIVATOR; 

 in which is explained the best Method of Grow, 

 ing and Propagating all the Plants cultivated in 

 the Hot-houses, Green-houses, or open air; and 

 the treatment of those in Rooms; with a Par- 

 ticular Account of the Management of Bulbs, 

 and Parasitical Orchideous Plants. By Robert 

 Sweet, F. L. S. Price 12s. boards. 2d Edit. 



" Indeed what Mr. Sweet has said on the cul- 

 ture of Bulbs, &c. may be considered as the 

 ultimatum for the British gardener."— Garden. 

 Mag. No. 2. 



" It is a very complete and excellent work." — 

 Literary Gazette. 



" We recommend the work to every lover of 

 gardening." — Botanical Register for Nov. 1825. 



3. CISTINEjE, or NATURAL ORDER of 

 CISTUS, or ROCK ROSE. No. 10. for Jan. 1. 

 Price 3s. To be continued Monthly, and com- 

 pleted in one volume 



4. GERANIACEiE.orNATURALORDER 

 of GERANIUMS. No. 85. for January 1. 

 Price 3s. 



5. The BOTANICAL REGISTER, No. 143. 

 for January 1. Price 4s. Continued monthly. 

 Each Number contains eight accurately coloured 

 Figures of the most rare and beautiful exotic 

 Plants (hardy and hothouse) cultivated in this 

 country ; accompanied by their history, mode 

 of treatment in cultivation, &c. By Sydenham 

 Edwards, F.L.S. and others. 



*** Subscribers who have commenced with 

 late Numbers of the " Botanical Register," 

 without taking the prior ones, from many hav- 

 ing been out of print, are informed those Num- 

 bers are now severally reprinted, and in future 

 will always be kept so, that such as may prefer 

 completing their sets gradually or periodically, 

 may do so without disappointment. 



6. The FRUIT GROWERS' INSTRUCTOR, 

 or a Practical Treatise on the cultivation, train- 

 ing, pruning, and preserving of Fruit Trees, 

 from the Nursery to Maturity ; with an effec- 

 tual cure for, and prevention from, the Canker 

 in Apple Trees. By G. Bliss, Nurseryman. 

 Price 6s. 



" A very ample catalogue of our fruit trees, 

 and a description of the appearance, flavour, 

 and qualities of their production is also given. 

 But the most valuable part of the volume 

 is that which relates to the canker, and the 

 remedy which Mr. Bliss has discovered for this 

 destructive blight." — Monthly Critical Gazette, 

 Jan. 1826. 



This day is published, price Is. 



jCOME brief Observations rela- 

 tive to the Practical Effect of the Com 

 Laws; being the Substance of Two Letters 

 addressed to a Member of the House of Com- 

 mons. By Sir Claude Scott, Bart. 



Sold by Namaville and Fell, New Bond Street, 

 and Carpenter and Son, Old Bond Street. 



Works on Horticulture and Botany, published 

 by Sherwood and Co., London. 



'THE ORCHARDIST; or a 



■*• System of close Pruning and Medication 

 for establishing the Science of Orcharding, as 

 patronised by the Society for the Encourage- 

 ment of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. 

 By the late T. S. D. Bucknall, Esq. M. P. 

 price 5s. in boards. This work obtained for the 

 Author the Prize Medal and Thanks of the 

 above Society. A few Copies only remain. 



A TREATISE on the IMPROVED CUL- 

 TURE of the STRAWBERRY, RASPBERRY, 

 GOOSEBERRY, and CURRANT, in which are 

 pointed out the best methods of obtaining ample 

 Crops of those Fruits. Illustrated with Four 

 coloured Plates, on which the Fruit is drawn in 

 its natural size. By Thomas Haynes. In 8vo. 

 price 10s. boards. 



AN EASY INTRODUCTION TO THE 

 SCIENCE OF BOTANY, through themedium 

 of familiar Conversation between a Father and 

 his Son. By R. J. Thornton, M.D. Lecturer 

 on Botany at Guy's Hospital, and Author of 

 several Works on Botany. In one volume 12mo. 

 illustrated with Plates, price 8s., or with the 

 Plates beautifully coloured after Nature, 12s. 

 boards. 



THE BOTANIST'S MANUAL: a Cata- 

 logue of Hardy, Exotic, and Indigenous Plants, 

 arranged according to their respective Months 

 of Flowering, and more particularly adapted to 

 the service of those who attend personally to the 

 cultivation of their own Gardens and Pleasure 

 Grounds. By Richard Morris, Landscape 

 Gardener and Planter. In 12mo. price 7s. 6rf. 

 boards. 



PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS on the 

 BRITISH GRASSES, especially such as are 

 best adapted to the laying down or improving of 

 Meadows and Pastures : likewise an Enumera- 

 tion of the British Grasses. By William Cur- 

 tis, Author of the " Flora Londinensis," &c. 

 Sixth Edition, with considerable Additions. 

 In 8vo. illustrated with coloured Plates. Price 

 9s. in boards. 



HORTUS AMERICANUS. Sketches to- 

 wards a Hortus Botanicus Americanus ; or, 

 Coloured Plates, with a Catalogue, and concise 

 and familiar Descriptions of many Species of 

 New and Valuable Plants of the West Indies, 

 and of North and South America ; also, of seve- 

 ral others, natives of Africa and the East Indies ; 

 arranged after the Linnsean System, and accom- 

 panied with Indices, Glossary, Table of Habitats, 

 &c. By W. J. Titford, M.D. In 4to. price 

 2/. 12s. 6d., or with the plates uncoloured, 1/. 15s. 



FOREIGN CORN TRADE. 



Just published, in One Volume, Svo. price 12s. 



boards, 



TVOTES made during a Tour 



in Denmark, Holstein, Mecklenburgh- 

 Schwerin, Pomerania, the Isle of Rugcn, Prus- 

 sia, Poland, Saxony, Brunswick, Hanover, the 

 Hanseatic Territories, Oldenburgh, Friesland, 

 Holland, Brabant, the Rhine Country, and 

 France. Interspersed with some Observations 

 on the Foreign Corn Trade. To which are 

 annexed the latest Prices of Corn at all the 

 Shipping Ports on the Continent. 



By R. SMirn, Esq. F.R.S.L. 

 Printed for C. and J. Rivington, St. Paul's 

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