BEAUTIFUL-LEAVED PLANTS. 
Describing the most boautifnl-leaTed Plants in cultivation in this oou^ry. 
Bv E. J. Lowe, Esq., E.B.S., E.E.A.S., assisted by V. Howauu, E.H.S. 
Illustrated with 60 eoloured Illustrations. In One Volume, super-royal 
8vo., price £1 Is. 
‘In this volume we have a description of a large number of stove, conservatory and garden 
nlaiSs cultivaMhi this country, of which the le-ives rather than the flowers are objects of interest. 
TWxmiS and“ clicatc forms of many ornamental plants common to the hothouses and green- 
tousefTtle i “a- here depiSed, vvith wonderful fidelity, in a semes of beautiful 
illustrations in the natural colour of the plants. —The BooksdUr. 
NEW AND RARE BEAUTIFUL-LEAVED PLANTS. 
By SHiKLEr Hrmsniai, F.Il.H.8. Illustrated ivuth 54 coloured Engravings. 
In One Volume, super-royal 8vo., price £l 5s. 
‘A bit of information as to the pictnves maybe acceptable. _ First, observe the tinting of the 
leaves and the groundwork of such a subject as Solamm margiiMum as a sample of the whole. 
Then accept the Wi-raation that these plctur-es are not chromo-lithographs not coloured by hand; 
thoTare all, from first to hist, wood on,jrming», and wo muigine but cannot of course express any 
option on the subject, that as works of art, representative of the present state of an important 
industry, they are not simply interesting, but remarkable.’— CardeMWS Ckrontde. 
OUR NATIVE FERNS AND THEIR VARIETIES. 
By E. J. Lown, Esq., F.R.S., F.R.A.S., &c. Illustrated with. 79 coloured 
Plates and 909 Wood Engravings. In Two Volumes, royal 8vo., price £2 2s. 
The importance and value of this wort may be inferred from the fact that it 
contains descriptions of 1294 varieties of British Ferns, with seventy-nine coloured 
plates of species and varieties, and 909 wood engravings. The descrijitions are 
written in a popular manner, containing much interesting mfonnation. The localities 
are described, each synonym given, and a description of the proper method of 
cultivation. To show the extent and value of the illustrations it may be mentioned, 
that of Scolopendrium vulgare alone there are one hundred and eighty -four varieties 
figured. 
NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH AND EXOTIC FERNS 
Bv E J Down, Esq., F.ll.S., E.B.A.S., &o. Illustrated with 479 finely 
coloured Blates. In Eight Volumes, super-royal 8vo., price £6 6s. 
‘A book winch should coutaiu ample means of studying and Mentafying the Exotic specif 
n’t 1 a ♦MarssriTifl Tttoderatc [nciiTis, has y>ii.lierto hecu a desideratum. Tins want tne 
accessible to pemons of moum^ Tt is admirably “got up;’’ the plates are care- 
f there is a neat iUiistrative woodcut at the head of each description, 
“i^thflSwB ^ iu scientific accuracy. It is 
anri tne icK,eipie.s « i .j ’ p^ve ever seen, and should be “in the hands 
S iJeiy gafdeiei and every private person who cultivates these charming objects.” ’-Athenmum 
A NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW AND RARE FERNS. 
rontuininff Species and Varieties not included in Fern.s, British and 
m Tj. Lowe, Esq., F.ll.S., F.E.A.S., &e. Illustrated with 
72 coloured Plates and numerous Woodcuts. In Ono Volume, super-royal 
8vo., price £1 Is. 
‘Altboueh the “Natural History of British and Exotic Ferns” contains coloured illustrations 
Althongn tne ivitui.i ,,LcieB of Ferns cultivated m this country, still so many new 
of behveen five and n has been deemed necessaiy to publish a separate volume. 
S wolk wHl\“ found to cortaL^coloured plates or woodcut illustrations of one hundred 
and fifty-^ne new species, or new varieties of species that have been already figured m the 
preceding volumes.’ — Pj'ejace. 
