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 BEAUTIFUL-LEAVED PLANTS. 



Desi'ribing the most brautit'ul- leaved Plants in cultivation in this country. 

 By li. J Lowe, Esq., E.E.S., E.R.A.S., assisted by ^Y. Howaed, E.H.S. 

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

 8vo., price £1 Is. 



'In this volume we have a description of a large number of stove, consei'vatory, and garden 

 plants cultivated in this country, of which the leaves ra her th.an the flowers are objects of iuterest. 

 The exquisite aud delicate forms of many ornamental j:)! mts comaiou to the hothouses and green- 

 houses of the wealthy are here depicted, with wonder! lidelity, in a series of beautiful 

 illustrations in the n.itui'al colour of the plants.' — The Bookselhr. 



NEW AND RARE BiiAUTIPUL-LEAVED PLANTS. 



By Shiblet Hibberd, F.E.H.S. Illustrated with 54 coloured Engravings. 

 In Oae Volume, super-royal 8vo., price £1 5s 



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

 leaves, and the grouudwork I'f such a sub'ect as SnlaTimn marginatum as a sample of the whole. 

 Tlien accept the information that these pictures are not chromo-lithographs, not coloured by hand ; 

 they are all. fi-oin first to last, irood eugracings, and we imagine, but cannot of coui'se express any 

 opinion on the subject, that as woi-ks of ait, representative of the present state of an important 

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



OUR NATIVE FERNS AND THEIR VARIETIES. 



Ey E. ,J. Lowe, Esq., E.E.S., F.K.A.S., &c. Illustrated with 79 coloured 

 Plates aud 909 Wood Engraviugs. In Two Volumes, royal 8vo., price £2 2s. 



The importance aud 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 t!09 wood entiravings The descriptions are 

 written iu a popular inanuer, containing much intereslinjj 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 he mentioned, 

 that of Scitlopendrlum vulyai e alone there are one hundred and eighty-four varieties 

 figured. 



NATURAL HISTORY OP BRITISH AND EXOTIC FERNS. 



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

 coloured Plates. 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 pei-son.« of moderate means, has hitherto bi.en a desideratum. This want the 

 present woik promises most hopefully to fill. It is admirably "got up:" the plates are cax-e- 

 fixlly aud 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 he '•in the hands 

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



A NATURAL HISTORY OF NEVtT AND RARE FERNS. 



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

 Exotic.' By E. ,1. Lowe, E^-a., F.R.S., F.E.A.S., &c. Illustrated with 

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

 8vo., price £1 Is. 



'Although the "jS'atural 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 introduced, that it has been deemed necessary to publish a separate volume. 

 This work wUl he fi.und to coi.tain coloured plates or woodcut illustrations of one hundred 

 and fifty-oue new species, or new varieties of species that have been ak'eady figured in the 

 preceding volumes. ' — Preface, 



