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The Book of the Landed Estate. 



By ROBERT E. BROWN, Factor and Estate Agent. Wass, Yorkshire. 

 In 1 volume royal Svo, uniform with the ' Book of the I''arm,' by Mr 

 Stephens, with' numerous Engi"avings, One Guinea. 



" It Is Impossible even to glance at a tithe of the useful information and advice contained in this 

 volume, which will be certain to be the landlord and thu agent's vade jntcuvi." —Saturday Review. 



" ilr Brown's book offers minute and ample answers to every possible inquiry which the laud- 

 owner's ingenuity can sucKest."— PaU Mall Gazette. 



" A work admirably calculated to produce a better state of things, not only by pointing out to 

 landowners the advantages that must inevitably accrue to them from their estates being properly 

 cultivated, but by showing how that object may be attained."— Bc^'s Wei-klf/ Mtssenysr. 



" Mr Brown is plain and practical in his remarks; he :s evidently a cautious and sensible land 

 ogcnt, and his valuable work testifies to his having made good use of his opportunities, h\a obser- 

 vation, and his experience."— jVorf/t JBritish Agriculturist. 



Handy Book of the Flower-Garden : 



Being Plain, Practical Directions for the Propagation, Culture, 

 AND Arrangement of Plants in Flower-Gardens all the Year 

 Round; embracing all classes of Gardens, from the largest to the 

 smallest; with Engraved Plans, illustrative of the various systems of 

 Grouping in Beds and Borders. By DAVID THOMSON, formerly of 

 Arelierfield and DIrleton Gardens, now Gardener to His Grace the Duke 

 of Buccleuch, K.G., at Drumlanrig. In crown Svo, 7s. 6d. 



" This is essentially a book for amateurs, and every amateur who is fortunate enough to be its 

 possessor, or who may merely skim over its pages, will, wc arc assured, agree with us In regarding ita 

 author as being entitled to grcot praise for the simple and clear manner in which he has explained 

 the cultural directions, which, IT carefully complied with, will enable the non-professional lion cul* 

 turisi to grow plants as well as any g&rdoiicr. " —Gardpiicrg' Chronicle. 



" Nowadavs the flower-garden is such a very important and interesting subject to many, that 

 almost any oook on the subject is sure to find readers ; but as this is written by one of the best 

 Rardcnera in ttie countiy, and one, moreover, thoroughly master of the modern j.j'stem of decora- 

 tion, it deserves more attention than any book nublislied on this or allied subjects of recent years. 

 ... We are acquainted with the results produced by the able author, as well as with his l)ook, 

 and can therefore proiiounc! the book the best on the subject yet written, or likely to bo writrteii 

 for a long time to come."— 27ie Field, March 21, 1868. 



Handy Book of Meteorology. 



By ALEXANDER BUCHAN, M.A., Secretary of the Scottish Meteoro- 

 logical Society. A New and Enlai-ged Edition. Crown Svo, with 8 

 coloured Charts and other Engravings, Ss. 6d. 



" In all other branches of mcteorolo^ Mr Buchan's book not only retains its previously high 

 position, but In several respects materially surpasses it. The chapter on, and charts of, barometric 

 pressure all over the world arc perhaps the moat Important contributions to the science since the 

 publication of the kindred work by Dov6 ' On the l)lbCribution of Heat.' Ac. ; and though not so 

 likely to be popular, we shall not be surprised if liuchan's ' Isobars ' are not really more important 

 than Dov&'s ' Isotherms.' "—Meleoroloffiaal Magaziiie. 



A History of Ornamental-Foliaged Pelargoniums; 



with Practical Hints foji their PRonocTiON, Propagation, and 

 Cultivation-. By PETER GRIEVE, Culford, Bury St Edmunds. 

 Second Edition, enlarged, including description of Best Varieties iutro- 

 duced up to the present time, and Engravings, 4s. 



Geology for General Readers, 



A SERIES OF POPULAR SKETCHES IN GEOLOGY AND PALiE- 

 ONTOLOGY. By DAVID PAGE, I.L.D. F.R.S.E. F.G.S. Second 

 Edition, containing several New Chapters. 6s. 



" Few of our handbooks of popular science can be said to have greater or more decisive merit 

 than those of Mr Pago on Geology and Palic ontology. They are clear and vigorous in style, they 

 never oppress the reader with a pedantic display oncarnlng, nor overwhelm him with a pompous 

 and superfluous terminology ; and they have the happy art of taking him straightway to Iho 

 face of nature herself, iu'itpad of leading him by the tortuous and bowildcring paths of technical 

 sj'stem and artificial classification."- .Sufurt/ai/ lievieiv. 



"This is one of the best of Mr Page's many good books. It is written In a flowing popular style. 

 Without lllustmtlon or any oxtraneons aid, the narrative must prove attractive to any intclligcut ' 

 reader."— Gcolu^ncal Magazine. 



