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RAMBLES IN SEARCH OF WILD FLOWERS, and How to 



Distinguish Them. 



By Maiuiaket Pi.ues, Avitlior of 'lianibles iu Search of Flowerless Plauts,' 

 'British Grasses,' &c. With 96 coloured figures and numerous cuts. Third 

 Edition, large post 8vo., 7s. 6d. 



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

 wish it that cuntiuuance of public favour which it so well deseiTes.' — Saturday Review. 



MRS. LOUDON'S FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. 



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

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

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

 Britannlcus,' &c., with numerous Engravings. Fcap. 8vo. 2s. 6d. 



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

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

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

 Glossary. 



THE BOTANIST'S POCKET-BOOK. 



B3' \V. li. Haywaud. Containing, arranged in a tabulated form, the chiei 



characteristics of British Plants. Fcap. 8vo. flexible binding for the 



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



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



field, and will enable him to identify on the spot the plants he may meet with 



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



the Botanical name, Common lyime, 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 v.alue. . . . Occupying not much OTer 

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

 or knapsack, and may frequently 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 haring 

 been well selected and contrasted.' — Journal of Botany. , 



MY GARDEN: ITS PLAN AND CULTURE. 



Together with a General Description of its Geology, Botany, and Natural 

 History. By the late Alfred Smee, P.R.S. Illustrated with more than 

 1500 Engravings on Wood. Second Edition, revised, imperial 8vo. 21s. 



'Mr. Smee seems to be a gardener of the trae school. His t.astes 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 their sakes alone As a sort of recital of the pure 



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

 garden, the book is of much va.\\ie.' —Field. 



'As for the illustrations they are simply perfect Lovers of gardens and lovers 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 observation and a love for the common objects o) 



nature which are too often disregarded because they are common.' — Pall Mail Gazette. 



'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 twrw.' — Lancet. 



LONDON : GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 



