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BEAUTIFUL-LEAVED PLANTS. 



Describing the most beautiful-leaved Plants in cultivation in tins country. 

 By E. J. Lows, Esq., I'. U.S., F.E.A.S., assisted by \V. Howard, F.H.S. 

 Illustrated with 60 coloured Illustrations. In One Volume, super-royul 

 8vo., price £1 Is. 



'In this volume we have I d e number of stove, conservatory, and garden 



plants cultivated in this country, of « 



roiaite and delicate forms oi manj ornamental 



wealthy are beautiful 



illustrations in the natural colour of the plants.'— 2 



NEW AND RARE BEAUTIFUL-LEAVED PLANTS. 



By Srtrley ELebbebd, F.E..H.8. Illustrated with 51 coloured Engravings. 



In One Volume, super-royal 8vo., price £1 "is. 



'A bit of information as to rve the tinting of the 



leaves, and the groundwork of such a Bnbjecl he whole. 



Then accept the information th graphs, not coloured by hand; 



thev arc ail, from first to last, w i engravings, and we imagine, but cannot of com 



opinion on the subject, that as work* of the present state of an in 



industry, they are not simply interesting, but remarkable.' — Gardeners' Chronicle. 



OUR NATIVE FERNS AND THEIR VARIETIES. 



By E.J. Lows, Esa., F.B.S., F.U.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 1294 varieties of British Ferns, with seventy-nine coloured 

 plates of species and varieties, and 909 wood engravings. The descriptions are 

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

 are described, each synonym given, and a description of the proper method of 

 on To 9how the extent and value of the illustrations it may be mentioned, 

 that of Srolopi \lgare alone there are one hundred and eighty-four varieties 



figured. 



NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH AND EXOTIC FERNS 

 By E. J. Lowe, Esa., F.B.S., P.E.A.S., &c. Illustrated with 479 finely- 

 inred Plates. In Eight Volumes, super-royal 8vo., price £6 6s. 



■A t k which should contain am identifying the Exotic species 



of moderate means, has bitl desideratum. This want the 



work promises most hopefully to fill. It i- admirably "got up;" the plates an 

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

 and" the letterpress is full and practical, without being deficient in scientific accuracy. It is 

 really the cheapest work for its excellence we have ever seen, and should be "in the hand? 

 of every gardener and even- private person who cultivates these charming objects." '—Alhenaum. 



A NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW AND RARE FERNS. 

 Containing Species and Varieties aol included in 'Ferns, British and 

 Exotic.' By E.J. Lowe, Esa., l'.H.S., F.U.A.S., &c. Illustrated with 

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

 E l is. 



'Although the -'Natural II Exotic Ferns" contains coloured illustrations 



of between live and six humi i 1 erns cultivated in this country, 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 species, or new varieties of species that have been already figured in the 

 preceding volumes.'— Preface, 



