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 OUR NATIVE FERNS AND THEIR VARIETIES. 



By E. J. Lowe, Esq., F.R.S., F.R.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 cultivation. To show 

 the extent and value of the illustrations it may be mentioned, that of Scolopendrmm 

 vulgare alone there are one hundred and eighty-four varieties figured. 



NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH AND EXOTIC 



FERNS. By E. J. Lowe, Esq., F R.S., F.R.A.S., &c. Illustrated with 479 



finely-coloured Plates. In Eight Volumes, super-royal 8vo. price 61. 6s. 



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

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

 work promises most hopefully to fill. It is admirably " got up;" the plates are carefully 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 eveiy gardener and every private 

 person who cultivates these charming objects.'" — Athenceiim. 



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.R.S., F.R.A.S., &c. Illustrated with 72 



coloured Plates and 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 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 that have been already figured in the preceding volumes.' — Preface. 



A NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH GRASSES. 



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

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



This is a work not only valuable 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 posi- 

 tions 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 interest- 

 ing 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 Jonathan Couch, F.L.S. Illustrated with 256 carefully 



coloured Plates. In Four Volumes, super-royal 8vo. \_New 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 

 portrads (especially of the dog-fish) are really marvellous, rendering the recognition of a fish a work 

 of the greatest ease. ' — The Field. 



