USEFUL WORKS 



PUBLISHED BY 



KOBERT HAEDWICKE, 192 PICCADILLY, W. 



The Grasses of Great Britain. 



Containing life-sized, full-coloured Drawings, with magnified Organs, of 144 

 British Grasses, and Observations on their Natural History aud Uses. Described 

 by Charles Johnson. Illustrated by J. E. Sowebby. In royal 8vo. Now 

 publishing in parts at 2s. 6d. each. To be completed in 10 parts. 



1 This will be the most comprehensive Work on British Grasses, and will be the only 

 book which gives the magnified organs to enable the reader to recognise the various 

 grasses.' 



The Useful Plants of Great Britain. 



A Treatise on the Principal Native Vegetables capable of application as Food or 

 Medicine, or in the Arts and Manufactures. By G. P. Johnson. Illustrated by 

 J. E. So weeby. 300 Illustrations coloured by hand, handsomely bound, price 

 12s. 



Ferns, British and Foreign. 



Then- History, Organography, Classification, Nomenclature, and Culture, with 

 Directions showing which are the best adapted for the Hothouse, Greenhouse, 

 Open-Air Fernery, or Wardian case. With an Index of Genera, Species, and 

 Synonyms. By John Smith, A.L.S., late Curator of the Royal Gardens, Kew. 

 Fully Illustrated, with nearly 200 Woodcuts. Crown 8vo. cloth, price 6s. 



' We can heartily recommend this book as comprising a very useful classified list of 

 garden ferns, and as containing much valuable information concerning the history $ 

 habits, and culture of these charming plants.'— Gardeners' Chronicle. 



Synopsis Filicum; 



Or, A Synopsis of all Known Ferns, including the Osmundaceee, Schizaeaceae, 

 Marattiacese, and Ophioglossacese (chiefly derived from the Author's Herbarium), 

 accompanied by Figures representing the essential characters of each genus. Bv 

 the late Sir William Jacksox Hookeb, K.H., D.C.L., F.R.S., A.S.L.S., Direc- 

 tor of the Royal Gardens of Kew. Edited by J. G. Bakee, Esq., F.L.S., Royal 

 Herbarium, Kew. in 9 Parts at 2s. each, plain ; 2s. 6d. coloured. 



The Fern Album. 



A Descriptive Folio for the reception of Natural Specimens ; containing on the 

 light-hand page a description of each fern printed in colours, the opposite page 

 being left blank, for the collector to affix the dried specimen; forming, when filled, 

 an elegant and complete collection of this interesting family of plants. Hand- 

 somely bound, price One Guinea. Size 11 f by £$ in. A Large Edition, IT i by 11 in., 

 without descriptive letterpress, price One Guinea. 



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 Culti- 

 vation, &c. By Mrs. Lankesteb, Author of 'Wild Flowers worth Notice,' &c. 

 Fully Illustrated. Fcp. 6vo. cloth. Price 4s. coloured by hand ; or plain, 2s. 6d. 



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



