BEAUTIFUL-LEAVED PLANTS. 
DescriHiio- the most beautiful-leaved Plants in cultivation in this country. 
By E. J. Loave, Esq., E.ll.S., E.E.A.S., assisted by Howaed, E.H.S. 
Illustrated with 60 coloured Illustrations. In One Yolume, super-royal 
8vo., price f'l Is. 
‘In tliia volume wo have a description of a large number of stovo, conservatqiy, and garden 
nl-ints cultivated in thia country, of which the leaves rather than the flowere are objects of interest. 
The Dxciidsitc and delicate forms of many ora.amontal pbinta common to the hothouses and green- 
honsef rf irwcmlthrai^^ depifted, with wonderful fideUty, in a series of beautiful 
illustrations in the n.atural colour of the plants.’— ne Bookseller. 
NEW AND RARE BEAUTIFUL-LEAVED PLANTS. 
By Shielky Hibbekd, F.E.H.S. Illustrated with 54 coloured Engravings. 
In One Yolume, super-royal 8vo., price £1 5s. 
‘A bit of information as to the pictures maybe acceptable. _ First, observe the tinting of the 
leaves and the sroiindworlc of such a subject as Solanum margmeUum as a sample of the whole. 
Then accent the information that these pictures are not chromo-lithographs, not coloured by hand , 
itien acoepc ,,,,,1 wn irnnirbiB. blit cannot of course express any 
1 State of an important 
■'’romeZe. 
OUR NATIVE PERNS AND THEIR VARIETIES. 
By E. J. Lowe, Esq., E.E.S., E.E.A.S., &c. niustrated with 79 coloured 
Plates and 909 lYood Engravings. In Two Yolumos, royal 8vo., pneo £2 2s. 
The importance and value of this work may be inferred from the fact that it 
contains descriptions of 1294 varieties of British Eerns, with seventy-nine coloured 
plates of species and varieties, and 909 wood eugravmgs. The descriptions are 
written in a popular manner, containing much interesting information. The localities 
are described, each synonym given, and a descnntion of the proper method of 
cultivation. To show the extent and value of the illustrations it may be mentioned, 
that of Scolopendrimi vulgare alone there arc one hundred and eighty-four varieties 
figured. 
NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH AND EXOTIC FERNS 
Bv E J Lowe, Esq., F.E.S., F.E.A.8., &c. Illustrated with 479 finely 
coloured Plates. In Eight Yolnmes, super-royal 8vo., price £6 6s. 
1 , V V i.;b 1, =l,r,nld contain ample mc.au 9 of studying and identifying the Exotic species 
‘A hook wluch shoiilil oonta n i hitherto been a desideratum. This want the 
accessible to pemona of , ,, It, is admirably “got up;” the plates are care- 
present work promises mMt hope ly ^ woodcut at the head of each description, 
fully and prettily t^em is deficient in scientific accuracy. It is 
and the letterpress 'excSlen^ we have ever seen, and should bo “in the bands 
S every yr&tnd eve, fprw who cultivates these charming objects. ’-Athenarcm 
A NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW AND RARE FERNS. 
Ci .1 • ■ „ ciriociVs and Yarieties not included in ‘Ferns, Bntish and 
“c" SvT l rowEjEsQ., F.E.S., F.E.A.S &c^ Illustrated with 
72 coloured Plates and numerous Woodcuts. In One Yolume, super-royal 
8vO., piico £1 ■Rvitish and Exotic Ferns” contains coloured illustrationf 
‘Altliough the “Natural cultivated in this countiy, atUl so many new 
of between five and six i,een deemed necessary to publish a separate volume, 
ones liavo been introduced, “‘W, , dates or woodcut illustrations of one hundred 
Tills work wUl be found to _ of Secies that liave been already figured in the 
and fifty-one new species, or new vaiietiea o p 
preceding volumea/— 
