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SCIENTIFIC CATALOGUE. 



Oliver — Works by Daniel Oliver, F.R.S., F.L.S., Professor of 

 Botany in University College, London, and Keeper of the Herba- 

 rium and Library of the Royal Gardens, Kew : 



LESSONS IN ELEMENTARY BOTANY. With nearly Two 

 Hundred Illustrations. Twelfth Thousand. iSmo cloth. 4^-. bd. 



This book is designed to teach the elements of Botany on Professor 

 Ilensloiv s plan of selected dypes and by the nse of Schedules, The 

 earlier chaptei^s^ einbracing the elements of Strnctural and Physio- 

 logical Botany^ introduce us to the 7nethodical study of the Ordinal 

 Types, The concludi^tg chapters are entitled^ ^'^ How to Diy 



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to Describe Plants, '' A valuable Glossary is 

 appoided to the volu?ne. In the prepai^ition of this work free use 

 has been made of the manusc7-ipt materials of the late Professor 

 Hen slow, 



FIRST BOOK OF INDIAN BOTANY. With numerous 

 Illustrations. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6^*. 6d, 



This manual is, in substance, the author^ s ^' Lessons in Elementary 

 I Botany,^^ adapted for ttse in India. In preparing it he has had in 



view the want^ often felt, of so?ne handy resume of Indian Botany, 

 which might be serviceable not only to 7'esidents of India, but also to 

 ajty one about to proceed thither, desirous of getting some pre- 

 liminaiy idea of the botany of the country. It contains a weK^ 

 digested summary of all esseiztial knowledge pertaining to Indian 

 Botany, wrought ^ out in accordance with the best principles of 

 scientific arrangement,'^'^ — Allen's Indian Mail. 



Penrose (F. C.)— ON A method of predicting by 



GRAPHICAL CONSTRUCTION, OCCULTATIONS OF 

 STARS BY THE MOON, AND SOLAR ECLIPSES FOR 

 ANY GIVEN PLACE. Together with more rigorous methods 

 for the Accurate Calculation of Longitude. By F. C. Penrose, 

 F.R.A.S. With Charts, Tables, etc. 4to. \2s. 



The author believes that if by a graphic method, the prediction of 

 occultations can be rendered more inviting, as well as more expedi- 

 tious, than by the inethod of calculation^ it ?nay prove acceptable to 

 the nautical profession as well as to scientific travellers or amateurs. 

 The author has endeavoured to make the "whole process as iiitelli- 

 gible as possible, so that the beginjzer, instead of merely havi7ig to 



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