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 BEAUTIFUL-LEAVED PLANTS. 



I>^^^liliill- tlif most 1" iiutifiil-liiiviil I'lunts ill iiiltivation in this country. 

 liy K. .1. l.uHK, KsQ., IMt.S., F.K..V.S., u.H.M.stiMl l.y W. HottAim, F.H.S. 

 lUustnitoil with GO coloured lUustrutions. lu Onu Volume, nupiT-rojul 

 8vo., prico £1 Is. 



'In thi» volume we have a dwcription of a I:ir({o number of atovc, coniervat'Tv. iimI L-ircli-n 

 planta cultivated in tliw country, of which tlie IviiTL-M mtlier than tlio fliiwcra an- "l< > 



The cxquiiiite and delicate furms uf many oniauKMital plants commnn to the hoth 

 house* uf the wealthy are here depicted, with wonderfi' fidelity, in a s. j ;,il 



illustr.itions in the natural eol..nr i.f the plants.'— '/V.r llunlnrtt. r. 



NEW AND RARE BEAUTIFUL-LEAVED PLANTS. 



Hy Siiiui.KY HimiKiin, K.K.H.S. Illustiutcil willi .'j I coloured Engravings. 

 In One Volume, suiicr-royal Svo., price i'l .>s. 



'A bit of information !is \A the pictures! maybe acceptable. Kimt, observe the tinting of the 

 leaves, and the (groundwork of such a subject as Solmium mnryinulum an a sample of the whole. 

 Then accent the mformation that thecc pictures are not chromo-litho);r.iphs. not coloured by hand; 

 they arc all, from first to hut, iromt tnijriirimjs, and we iunigine, but canuiit of course express any 

 opinion on the subject, that as works of art. n^prcsenlative of the pr>-siiit state of an important 

 industry, they arc not simply iiitevestint;. but remarkable.'— (m/././i-/-..' ChrunicU. 



OUR NATIVE FERNS AND THEIR VARIETIES. 



% E. J. Lowe, Esq., E.R.S., F.U.A.S., &e. Illustrated with 79 coloured 

 Plates and 909 Wood Engravings. In Two Volumes, royal 8vo., price £2 2s. 



The importance and value of this work may be inferred from the fact that it 

 contains ilescriptions of 12!'l varieties of British Ferns, witii sevenly-nine coloured 

 plates of species and varieties, niul !'09 wood engravincs. The (fescriptions are 

 written in a popular manner, containing much interesting infunnation. The localities 

 are dcserlbed. each synonym gi\en. and a description of the proper method of 

 ciillivution. To show the extent and value of the illustrations it may be mentioned, 

 that of Sfolopeni/rium ru/'/arf alono there are one hundred and eighty-four varieties 

 figured. 



NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH AND EXOTIC FERNS 



Hy E. J. Lowe, Esq., F.K..S., F.R.A.S., &c. Illustrated with 479 tinely- 

 colourt^l Plati's. In Eight Volumes, .«uper-royal 8vo., price £6 Cs. 



'A book which ..»hould contain ample means of studying and identifying th. I' 

 accessible to jierson.^ i^f minlenite me.ans. has hitherto been a desidcralum. 

 present work pronii."es most hopefully to fill. It is admirably "got up;" the | 



fully and prettily executeil: there is a neat illustrative woodcut at the nc.id of i. , .. : . 



and the ktt'Tpress is full and practical, without being deficient in scientific accurac\ . It is 

 really the cheaiH>st work for it* excellence we have ever seen, iind should be "in t^c handf 

 of eviry gardener and every private pei^on who cultivates these cliarming object-s." '—Al/ieiurum. 



A NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW AND RARE FERNS. 



Containing Species and Varieties not included in 'Ferns, British and 

 E.\otic.' By E. J. Lowe, Esq., F.U.S., F.R..\..S., &c. lUustrated with 

 72 coloured Plates and numerous Woodcuts. In One Volume, super-royal 

 8vo., price £1 Is. 



'Although the "Natural History of British and Exotic Ferns" contains coloured illustratiom 

 of between live and six hundred species of Fenis cultivated in this countrv, still so many new 

 ones have been intrmiuced, that it has been deemed necessary to publish a separate volume. 

 This work will be found to contain coloured plates or woo4lcut illustrations of one hundred 

 and fifty-one new specie*, or new varieties of species that have been already figured in the 

 preceding volumes.'— Pr^/uce. 



