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IV. fJW. J. Hooker, Tlie London Journal of Botany; containing figures and de- 
scriptions of such Plants as recommend themselves by their novelty, rarity, history, 
or uses ; together with botanical notices and Information, and occasional portraits 
and memoirs of eminent Botanists. 7 volumes. London, (vol. I — VI:) H. Bailliäre 
and (vol. VII:) Reeve, 1842—48. Octavo. with 164 lithograph. plates in Octavo and 
Quarto. cloth. (Puhl, price 12 
Vol. I. 1842. 678 pg. with plates nr. 1—23. — Vol. II. 1843. 678 pg. with 24 plates (nr. 1—23; there 
are by error 2 plates nr. 20. — Nr. 6, 7 and 9, 10 and 13, 14 and 18, 19: each on one plate. — Nr. 16 is coloured 
— Page 185—188 of this volume does n ^-^xist). — Vol. III. 1844. 666 pg. with plates nr. 1—24 (nr. 1, 2 
and 11, 12 and 23, 24: each on one platu rJ" Vol. IV. 1845. 666 pg. with plates nr. 1—24 (nr. 7, 8, and 13, 14 
and 17, 18 and 23, 24: each on one plat - Vol. V. 1846. 666 pg. with frontispiece (tomb of Cunningham)' 
and plates nr. 1—22 (not 24 plates, as noticed on the title. — Nr. 7, 8 and 19, 20 and 21, 22: each on one plate). 
— Vol. VI. 1847. 612 pg. with plates nr. 1—12, 15—23 and a map [which ought to be numbered 13, 14] (nr. 17, 
18 on one plate. — Not 24 plates, as noticed on the title). — Vol. VII. 1848. 674 pg. with plates nr. 1—23 
(nr. 20, 21 on one plate). 
V. Mooker's Jonrnal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany. Edited by Sir W. J. 
H o o k e r. 9 volumes. London, Reeve, 1849 — 1857. Octavo. with 108 lithograph. 
plates in Octavo and Quarto, 1 4 of which coloured. cloth and half calf. (Puhl, 
price 10 ig.) 
Has been published in monthly parts, each with one plate at the price of 2 Shillings (the Grst yolumes 
were published at 1 Shilling the part). 
Vol. I. 1849. 384 pg. with plates nr. 1—12 (nr. 4, 6, 7, 11 coloured). — Vol. II. 1850. 386 pg. 
with plates nr. 1—12 (nr. 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 12 coloured). — Vol. III. 1851. 384 pg. with plates nr. 1—12 (nr. 8 
coloured). — Vol. IV. 1852. 354 pg. with plates nr. 1—12 (nr. 1, 2, 8 coloured. — nr. 1, 2 on one plate). 
— Vol. V. 1853. IV and 416 pg. with plates nr. 1—12. — Vol. VI. 1854. 386 pg. with plates nr. 1—12. 
— Vol. VII. 1855. 386 pg. with plates nr. 1—12 (nr. 7, 8 on one plate). — Vol. VIII. 1856. 386 pg. 
with Plates nr. 1—12. — Vol. IX. 1857, 386 pg. with plates nr. 1—12. 
In the year 1827 Hooker, indulging in an extensive correspondence with botanists and travellers 
abroad and possessing in his herbarium many novelties which he could not wish to lie useless, formed the 
idea of Publishing the ' B o t a n i c a 1 Miscellany'. It was undertaken by Murray and extended to 3 large 
octavo volumes with many coloured plates. — This form being too expensive both for the author and the 
publisher, Messrs. Longman in 1834 engaged Hooker to publish a continuation in an altered (smaller 
and cheaper) form under the title 'Journal of Botany.' After the appearance in 1834 of vol. I however 
Hook er undertook the editorship of the botanical portion of 'Taylor's Annais of Natural Hi- 
story' which he continued for 2 years. But considering objectionable the mixing up in one Journal of botany 
and zoology he reverted again to the 'Journal of Botany' and carried out, entirely at his own cost, 
three more volumes. — An opportunity however occurred in 1838 of carrying on precisely the same kind of 
Journal, accompanying and supplementary to the 'Botanical Magazine' of Curtis, viz. the 'Compa- 
nion to the Botanical Magazine'. 
All these were conducted during the time the editor held the chair of botany in the University of 
Glasgow. On his removal to the Royal Gardens of Kew in 1841, where Hooker raaintained a still more ex- 
tensive correspondence and had still greater facilities for obtaining information from all parts of the world, 
Bailli^re suggested the publication of a Journal which should more immediately emanate from the metro- 
polis, and the 'London Journal of Botany' was the resilt. In 1848 Reeve undertook to carry it on, 
and the title was again changed to 'Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscel- 
lany', as it began to include a great deal of information respecting Kew Gardens and its 'Museum of vege- 
table Products'. At last also that Journal had to be discontinued as it prooved too expensive. 
A complete copy, like ours, is of the utmost rarity. Nearly all volumes are out of 
print and not one complete series of any of the five, named above, are to be had at the publishers. — 
We have besides some volumes and sets which may be had separately. 
Only in 1887 a kind of continuation was commenced under the title: 
Royal Gardens, Kew. ßnlletin of niiscell:^ leous Information. 
This 'Bulletin' is published monthly, at the price of 2 Pence a number. Plates and figures are added 
occasionally. Also appendices are published from time to time. 
Many of the 12 volumes, which have appeared tili now, are out of print. Price of our copy of 
the complete set M. 80. 
Sir W. J. Hooker, 
Icones Plantarum 
or Figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks, of new or rare Plants, 
selected from the author's herbarium. Volumes I— XXVL London 1837 — 1898. Octavo. 
2600 lithograph. plates with about 2700 pages of letterpress. 
Price M. 750.— 
Series I (4 volumes. Longman 1837-41): Vol. I. 1837. — Vol. H. 1837. - Vol. III. 1840. — Vol. IV. 1841. 
Series II (6 volumes. 1842-54) : Vol. I (or vol. V of the entire work). (Baillifere). 1842. — Vol. II (or vol. VI). 
(Baillifere) 1843. — Vol. III (or vol. VII). (Bailliöre) 1844. — Vol. IV (or vol VIII). (Bailli^re) 1848. — 
Vol. V (or vol. IX.) (Reeve) 1852. — Vol. VI (or vol. X). (Pamplin) 1854. 
The volumes of the Series I and II have all been published in 2 parts each with 50 plates. [The 
publisher'e price of the part has been 14 eh., the price of both series complete 14 '']. 
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