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to take in at a glance the arrangement and divisions of every page. And Mrs. Lankester 
has added to the technical description by the editor an extremely interesting popular sketch, 
which follows in smaller type. The English, French, and German popular names are given, 
and, wherever that delicate and difficult step is at all practicable, their derivation also. 
Medical properties, superstitions, and fancies, and poetic tributes and illusions, follow. In 
short, there is nothing more left to be desired.’—Guardian. 
‘Without question, this is the standard work on Botany, and indispensable to every 
botanist. . . . The plates are most accurate and beautiful, and the entire work cannot be 
too strongly recommended to all who are interested in Botany,’—Jllustrated News. 
SOWERBY’S ENGLISH BOTANY, Vol. I. contains-- 
All the Plants ranked under the orders Ranunculacew, Berberidacee, 
Nympheacer, Papaveracee, and Crucifere. 
SOWERBY’S ENGLISH BOTANY, Vol. II. contains— 
All the plants ranked under the orders Resedacew, Cistacez, Violacee, 
Droseracer, Polygalacere, Frankeniacee, Carophyllacee, Portulacacee, 
Tamariscacee, Elatinacee, Hypericacer, Malvacer, Tiliacee, Linacee, 
Geraniacee, Ilicinew, Celastracee, Rhamnacee, Sapindacez. 
SOWERBY’S ENGLISH BOTANY, Vol. III. contains— 
All the Plants ranked under the orders Leguminifere and Rosacee. 
SOWERBY’S ENGLISH BOTANY, Vol. IV. contains— 
All the Plants ranked under the orders Lythracer, Onagracee,,Cucur- 
bitaceze, Grossulariacez, Crassulacee, Saxifragaceee, Umbillifere, Araliacez, 
Cornacer, Loranthaceze, Caprifoliacee, Rubiacee, Valerianacee, and Dip- 
sacew. 
. 
SOWERBY’S ENGLISH BOTANY, Vol. V. contains— 
All the Plants ranked under the order Composite. 
SOWERBY’S ENGLISH BOTANY, Vol. VI. contains— 
All the Plants ranked under the orders. Campanulacee, LHricacew, Jas- 
minacer, Apocynaces, Gentianacez, Polemoniacere, Convolvulacee, Sola- 
nace, Scrophulariacee, Orobanchaceew, and Verbenacee. 
SOWERBY’S ENGLISH BOTANY, Vol. VII. contains— 
All the Plants ranked under the orders Labiate, Boraginacez, Lentibu- 
lariacew, Primulacee, Plumbaginacee, Plantaginaceze, Paronychiacee, and 
Amarantacee. 
SOWERBY’S ENGLISH BOTANY, Vol. VIII. contains— 
All the Plants ranked under the orders Chenopodiaces, Polygonacew, 
Eleganacere, Thymelacer, Santalacee, Aristolochiacese, Empetracer, Eu- 
phorbiacew, Callitrichacese, Ceratophyllacee, Urticacere, Amentifers, and 
Conifere. 
