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 OUR NATIVE FERNS AND THEIR VARIETIES. 



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

 Plates and 909 Wood Engravings. In Two Yolumes, 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 

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

 that of Scolopendrium vulgare alone there are one hundred and eighty -four varieties 

 figured. 



NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH AND EXOTIC FERNS. 



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

 coloured Plates. In Eight Yolumes, super-royal 8vo., price £6 6s. 



'A book whicli should contain ample means of studying and identifying tlie Exotic species, 

 accessible to persons of moderate means, lias 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 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 hands 

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



A NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW AND RARE FERNS. 



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

 . Exotic' By E. J. Lowe, Esq., F.E.S., F.K.A.S., &c. Illustrated with 

 72 coloured Plates and numerous Woodcuts. In One Yolume, 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 Eerns 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, 



A NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH GRASSES. 



By E. J. Lowe, Esq., F.B.S., F.K.A.S., &c. Illustrated with 74 finely- 

 coloured Plates. In One Yolume, super-royal Svo., price £1 Is. 

 This is a work not only valuablp to the botanical student for its pictorial 

 accuracy, but of use also to the landed proprietor and the farmer, pointing out 

 to them those grasses which are useful and lucrative in husbandry, and teaching 

 them the varied soils and positions upon which they thrive, and explaining their 

 qualities and the several uses to which they are applied in many branches of 

 manufacture and industry. There is much interesting matter also in this volume 

 appertaining to the ancient customs and superstitions connected with the subject, 

 which the author brings before his reader in a forcible rather than in a prolix 

 style. 



'It is very faithful, and marvellously cheap, considering the beautiful manner in which it is 

 produced.' — Literary Record. 



HISTORY OF THE FISHES OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 



By JoxATHAisr Couch, F.L.S.. Illustrated with 256 carefully coloured 

 Plates. In Four Yolumes, super-royal Svo. [_Neiv Edition preparing. 



'The author, who is well known as one of the first practical authorities on British fishes, 

 has for fifty years been observing, noting, and drawing, with his own pencil, the various fish 

 which live in British waters— a vast labour, in which he has been assisted by scientific friends 

 living in various portions of the United Kingdom. The drawings are beautifully coloured_ to 

 life, and some of the portraits (especially of the dog-fish) are really marvellous, rendering 

 the recognition of a fish a work of the greatest ease.'— T/te Field, 



