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RAMBLES IN SEARCH OF WILD FLOWERS, and How to 



Distinguish Them. 



By Mai!(!.vrkt ri.UKs, Aiitlior of ' Hiinililcs in Search of Flowerless Plants,' 

 'liritish Grasses,' &c. With 06 coloured figures and numerous cuts. Third 

 Edition, large post Svo., 7s. 6d. 



'This little book lias already, we are pleased to note, attained its third edition. We sincerely 

 wbh it that continnance of pufelic favour which it so well deserves.' — Saturday Rtview. 



MRS. LOUDON'S FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. 



Being a Plain and Brief Introduction to that Science for Schools and 

 Young People. New Edition, revised and enlarged, by David Wooster, 

 joint editor of Loudon's 'Encyclopsedia of Plants,' Loudon's 'Hortus 

 Britannicus,' &c., with numerous Engravings. Fcap. Svo. 2s. 6d. 



Contents: — Chap. I. On the Elementary Organs of Plants.— Chap. II. 

 The Parts into which Plants are Divided by Botanists. — Chap. III. The 

 Natural Divisions of Plants. — Chap. IV. Botanical Classifications. — Index and 

 Glossary. 



THE BOTANIST'S POCKET-BOOK. 



By \\ ■ li. Haywahd. Containing, arranged in a tabulated form, the chiei 



characteristics of British Plants. Fcap. Svo. flexible binding for the 



pocket, Second Edition Kevised, 4s. 6d. 



This Volume is intended as a bandy Pocket Companion for the Botanist in the 



field, and will enable him to identify on the spot the plant.s he may meet with 



in his researches. Besides the characteristics of species and varieties, it contains 



the Botanical name. Common name, Soil or Situation, Colour, Growth, and time 



of Flowering of every plant, arranged under its own order. 



'A book of modest pretensions and not without its value. . . . Occupying not much over 

 two hundred pages of paper In limp cloth binding, it will be no great burden to the pocket 

 or knapsack, and may fi'equently be usefully resorted to by a young botanist on the tramp, 

 leaving more careful study till he gets home.' — Nature. 



- 'The diagnoses seem framed with considerable care and judgment, the characteristics having 



Tieen well selected and contrasted.' — Journal of Botany. 



MY GARDEN: ITS PLAN AND CULTURE. 



Together with a General Description of its Geologj', Botany, and Natural 

 Hi>:tory. By the late Alfeed Smee, F.R.S. Illustrated with more than 

 1.300 Engravings on Wood. Second Edition, revised, imperial Svo. 21s. 



*Mr. Smee seems to be a gardener of the true school. His tastes lead him to cultivate almost 

 eveiy kind of hardy plants, and there are so many pretty figures of these in his pages as to 



make the book worth having for then- sakes alone As a sort of recital of the pure 



pleasure and interest which even an otherwise busily occupied gentleman may derive from his 

 garden, the book is of much value.'— /'^eW. 



*A8 for the illustrations they are simply pei'fect Lovers of gardens and lovere of art 



will join in prizing this book and in gratitude to Mr. Smee and to those who have so ably 

 and faithfully seconded his aim.' —Graphic. 



'This book has the merit of careful obseiTation and a love for the common objects ol 



nature which are too often disregarded because they are common.' — Pall Mall Gazettf. 



'Decidedly an interesting and useful work. It abounds in information on a variety of points 

 which the lover of a good garden finds it necessary to know, but for which he does not know 

 where to turn.*— Lancet. 



LONDON: GEOKGE BELL Si SONS, YOKK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 



