EXTRACTS FROM PRESS NOTICES 



OF THE 



FIRST BOOK OF AUSTRALIAN BOTANY 



(First Edition, 1878), 



BY 



W. R. GUILFOYLE, F.L.S., C.M.R.B.S. Lond. 



' A little rudimentary work on the botany of Australia has been pre- 

 Dared by Mr. W. R. Guilfoyle, the Director of the Melbourne Botanic 

 Gardens. . . . The design of the writer is to direct the eye of the 

 beginner to the principal parts of plants, and to explain the manner of 

 growth. . . . The present publication will enable the reader to 

 overhaul trees, shrubs, and plants with considerable effect.' . . . 

 — Melbottrne Argus, 5th August 1878. 



' A book on the botany of Australia, such an one as which, while 

 avoiding, on the one hand, the massiveness, not to say cumbrousness, 

 of the many-tomed works on the subject . . . and, on the other, 

 having a character entirely distinct from the meagre and eminently 

 unsatisfactory articles on the subject appearing in some school-books 

 . . . such a book, we are glad to say, we have now before us. . . . 

 In conclusion, it is not a word too much to say that the work is a valu- 

 able addition to the literature of botany, and that it is one of the very 

 best that can be placed in the hands of students.' — Town and Country 

 Journal, Sydney, 24th August 1878. 



' Australian Botany, designed specially for the use of Schools, by 

 W. R. Guilfoyle, F.L.S., C.M.R.B.S. London, and Director of the 

 Melbourne Botanic Gardens, is the unpretending title of a really useful 

 and valuable primer on botany, as connected more especially with the 

 Australian flora. . . . The book is really admirable so far as it goes, 

 but can only be regarded as initiatory, and, it is to be hoped, will be 

 followed by others. ' . . . — Castlemaine Representative, iothAugt. 1878. 



. . . { The first book which has reached us is profusely illustrated, 

 and is arranged in a very clear and interesting manner. . . . The 

 work cannot fail to be of great value to teachers and pupils.' . . . 

 — Ballarat Star, 26th August 1878. 



. . . ' We have especial pleasure in recommending this work, which 

 is sure to become a text-book for the use of schools.' — Warmambool 

 Guardian and Examiner, 14th August 1878. 



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