Robert Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly^ av. 



Fcap, Svo, price 6s, 



The British Fungi 



(A. plain and Easy Account of). With especial reference to the 

 Esculent and other Economic Species. By M. C. Cooke. With 

 Coloured Plates of 40 Species. 



"The author is a thorough mycophagist, well acquainted with the peculiar features 

 by which the most remarkable of the edible kinds of Fungi may be known."— 

 Gardener* s Chronicle. 



" A very readable volume upon the lowest and least generally understood race of 

 plants. For popular purposes the book could not have been better done.'* — Athe- 

 nceurn. 



'* This is a very commendable little book. In the work before us we find asso- 

 ciated accurate scientific knowledge, full and satisfactory illustration by coloured 

 lithography and woodcuts, and ample and interesting information." — Lancet, 



" The book is a very useful one, supplying, for a few shillings, information not 

 hitherto attainable except at a much larger cost.'* — Field. 



" The author of this, at present, the only work written to popularize the study of 

 Fungi, has produced a remarkably neat and well illustrated hand-book to this tribe 

 of plants." — Parthenon. 



Fully illustrated, price 4*. coloured hy hand ; 2s. 6d. plain. 



The British Ferns 



(A plain and Easy Account of). Together with their Classification, 

 Arrangement of Genera, Structure, and Functions, Directions for 

 Out-door and In-door Cultivation, &c. By Mrs. Lankester. 



** Not only plain and easy, but elegantly illustrated.'* — Athenceum, 



*'Mrs. Lankester has given us a handy pocket volume, with a great deal of 

 information about the uses, supposed and real, of the Ferns, and hints for their 

 cultivation . ' ' — Guardian . 



** A charming little guide to one of the pleasantestof quiet country amusements. 

 It is small, cheap, elegant in form, and illustrated with coloured plates. Its de- 

 scription blends popular with scientific information ; there are instructions for 

 drying and collecting, and a glossary of scientific terms. The work is one that 

 may be used by a lady without any previous training as a botanist. It is elegant 

 enough to lie on a drawing-room table, small and light enough to be carried about 

 without trouble in bag or pocket, and referred to by the heath side." — Examiner. 



** Mrs. Lankester thoroughly understands how to make her science bend grace- 

 fully to common couiprehension." — Era, 



