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 BEAUTIFUL-LEAVED PLANTS. 



Dcscriliin^ thu most biautiful-lfaviMl Plants in cultivation in this country. 

 Uy E. J. LowK, Esq., F.ll.S., E.11..V.S., assisted by W. Howaud, F.H.R. 

 Illustrated with 60 coloui'cd Illustrations. In One Volume, super-royal 

 8vo., price £1 Is. 



'In this volume we have a description of a large number of stove, consei-vatoiy, and g.irden 

 plants cultivated in this country, of which the leaves rather than the flowers are objects of interest. 

 The exquisite and delicate forms of many oraamcntal plants common to the hothouses and green- 

 houses of the wealth)- are here depicted, with wonderful lidelity, in a series of beautiful 

 illustrations in the natural colour of the pl:ints.' — Tlic liiiuksdhr. 



NEW AND RARE BEAUTIFUL-LEAVED PLANTS. 



By Shirley Hibberd, E.R.H.S. Illustrated with .34 coloured Engravings. 

 In One Volume, super-royal 8vo., price £1 .3s. 



'A bit of information as to the pictures may be acceptable. First, observe the tinting of the 

 leaves, and the groundwork of such a subject as Sotanum marginatum as a sample of the whole. 

 Then accept the inforuiation that these pictures are not chromo-lithographs, not coloured by hand; 

 they are all, from first to last, irood engrarinys. and we imagine, but cannot of course express any 

 opinion on the subject, that as works of art, representative of the present state of an important 

 industry, they are not simjily interesting, but remarkable.' — Gardeiins' Chronicle. 



OUR NATIVE FERNS AND THEIR VARIETIES. 



By E. J. Lowe, Esq., F.E.S., F.R.A.S., &c. 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 descriptions of 12i'4 varieties of British Ferns, with seventy-nine coloured 

 plates of species and varieties, and !i09 wood enf;ravina;s The descriptions are 

 written in a popular manner, coutaiuinij much interesting information. The localities 

 are describeil, each synonym gi^en, and a description of the proper method of 

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

 that of Si'olopendrium v ii/rni re aione there are one hundred and cigbty-four varieties 

 figured. 



NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH AND EXOTIC FERNS 



liy E. J. Lowe, Esq., F.E.S., F.E.A.S., &c. Illustrated with 479 finely- 

 coloured Plate-;. In Eight Volumes, super-royal Svc, price £6 6s. 



•A boiik which shuuld contain ample means of studying and identifying the Exotic species 

 accessible to persons of modei*ate means, has hitherto been a desideratum. This want the 

 present work promises most hopefully to fill. It is admirably "got up:" the plates are care- 

 fully and prettily executed: there is a neat illustrative woodcut at the head of each description, 

 and the lettei-jiress is full and practical, without being deficient in scientific accuracy. It is 

 really the clie;iiiest work for its excellence we luive ever seen, and should be "in the hand:' 

 of every gardener and every private person who cultivates these charming objects." ' — Athenteutn. 



A NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW AND RARE FERNS. 



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

 Exotic.' By E. .1. Lowe, Esq., F.R.S., F.Il.A.S., &e. Illustrated 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 illustrations 

 of between five and six hundred species of Ferns cultivated in this countr)', still so many new 

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

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

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

 preceding volumes.'— Pre/bee. 



