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 BEAUTIFUL-LEAVED PLANTS. 



Dusciibiuji; the most brautiful-lcavcd Plants in cultivation in this country. 

 Bj E.J. Lowe, Esq., F.R.S., F.R.A.S., assisted by W. Howakd, F.H.S. 

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

 8vo., price £1 Is. 



'In this volume we have a description of a large number of stove, conservatoi-y, and garden 

 plants cultivated in this countiy, of which the leaves ral her than the flowers are objects of interest. 

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

 houses of the wealthy ai'e here depicted, with wonderful lidelity, in a series of beautiful 

 illustrations in the natural colour of the jilant.''.' — T/ic liooksilhr. 



NEW AND RARE BEAUTIFUL-LEAVED PLANTS. 



By Shirley Hibbebd, E.R.H.S. Illustrated with .54 coloured Engravings. 

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



*A bit of information as to the pictures maybe acceptable. First, observe the tinting of the 

 leaves, and the groundwork of such a subject as Solunum mar</inatum as a sample of the whole. 

 Then accept the information that these pictures are not chromo-Iithographs, not coloured by hand ; 

 they are all, from first to last, irooii eftf/rarii/ffs, and we imagine, but cannot of couree express any 

 opinion on the subject, that as works of art, represent.ative of the present state of an important 

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



OUR NATIVE FERNS AND THEIR VARIETIES. 



By E. J. Lowe, Esq., F.ll.S., F.E.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 12!14 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 

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

 that of Srulopendrium vuhjare alone there are one hundred and eighty-four varieties 

 figured. 



NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH AND EXOTIC FERNS 



By E. J. Lowe, E.sq., F.R.S., F.ll.A.S., &c. Illustrated with 479 finely- 

 coloured Platen. In Eight Volumes, super-royal 8vo., price £6 6s. 



'A book which should contain ample means of studying and identifying the Exotic species 

 accessible to persons of moderate means, has hitherto been a desideratum. This want the 

 present work promises most hopefully to fill. It is admir.ably ''got up;" the plates .are care- 

 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 every private person who cultivates these charming objects." ' — Athtnaum. 



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.R.A.S., &c. 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 countiy, still so many new 

 ones have been inti-oduced, that it has been deemed necessary to publish a separate volume. 

 This work will be fovmd 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,' — Pre/uce. 



