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MKS. LOUDON'S FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. 
Beintr a Plain ana Brief Introduction to that Science for Schools and 
3Toung People. New Edition, revised and enlarged, by David Wooster, 
joint editor of Loudon's 'Encyclopaedia of Plants,' Loudon's 'Hortus 
Britannicus,' &c, with numerous Engravings. Fcap. 8vo. 2s. Gd. 
Contents:- -Cliaj). I. On the Elementary Organs of Plants. — Chap. TI. 
The Parts into which Plants are Divided by Botanists. — Chap. III. The 
Natural Divisions of Plants. — Chap. IV. Botanical Classifications. — Index and 
Glossary. 
THE BOTANIST'S POCKET-BOOK. 
By W. R. Havuahi). Containing, arranged in a tabulated form, the chief 
characteristics of British Plants. Fcap. 8vo. flexible binding for the 
pocket, Second Edition Revised, 4s. Gd. 
This Volume is intended as a handy Pocket Companion for the Botanist in the 
field, and will enable him to identity on the spot the plants he may meet with 
in his researches. Besides the characteristics of species and varieties, it contains 
tin' Botanical name, Common name, Soil or Situation, Colour, Growth, and time 
of Flowering of every plant, arranged under its own order. 
'A book of modest pretensions and not without its value. . . . Occupying not much over 
two hundred pages of paper in Limp cloth binding, it will be no great burden to the pocket 
or knapsack, ami may frequently be usefully resorted to by a young botanist on the tramp, 
leaving more careful study till he gets home.' — Nature, 
'The diagnoses seem framed with considerable care and judgment, the characteristics having 
been well selected and contrasted.' — Journal of Botany. 
MY GARDEN: ITS PLAN AND CULTURE. 
Together with a General Description of its Geology, Botany, and Natural 
History, By the late ALFEED Smee, F.ll.S. Illustrated with more than 
1500 Engravings on Wood. Second Edition, revised, imperial Svo. 21s. 
'Mr. to !»• a gardener of t lie true school. His tastes lead him to cultivate almost 
every kind of hardy plants, and there are so many pretty figures of these in hi> pages as to 
make the book worth having for their sakes alone \s a sort of recital of the pure 
re and intere I which even an otherwise busily occupied gentleman may derive from his 
i book is of much value.'- I'i, 1,1. 
'As for the illustration bb pi : i Lovers of gardens and lovers of art 
will join in prizing this I k and in gratitude to Mr. Smee and to those who have so ably 
and faithfully seconded his aim.' Graphic 
'This book has the rit of careful observation and a love for the common objects oi 
nature which are fco< ,, , i, m,i.,i because they are common.'- I', ill Mall Gazette. 
'Decidedly an interesting and useful work. It abounds in information on a variety of points 
which the lover i garden finds it necessary to know, but for which he dees not know 
where to turn.' Lancet. 
LOW DON: 
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