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BOOKS

PRINTED FOR WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH;

AND T. CADELL, STRAND, LONDON.

Elegantly Printed, in 3 vols. royal octavo, EXOTIC FLORA;

Containing FIGURES AND DESCRIPTIONS

OF NEW, RARE, OR OTHERWISE INTERESTING EXOTIC PLANTS,

Especially of such as are deserving of being Cultivated in our Gardens;

TOGETHER WITH REMARKS UPON THEIR GENERIC AND SPECIFIC CHARACTERS, NATURAL ORDERS, HISTORY, CULTURE, TIME OF FLOWERING, &c.

BY WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, LL.D. &c.

Member of the Imperial Academy Naturæ Curiosorum; of the Wernerian Natural History Society of Edinburgh; of the Royal Botanic Society of Ratisbon; of the Helvetic Society of Natural History, &c. &c. and Regius Professor of Botany in the University of Glasgow.

The Work includes, under the title of EXOTIC FLORA, Figures and Descriptions of such Plants, not natives of Great Britain, as are Cultivated in our Gardens, or, in defect of them, of such as can be faithfully represented from well-preserved specimens in our Herbaria. In the selection of Species, preference is, of course, given to such as recommend themselves by their beauty, their history, novelty, or some remarkable or little-known characters in their flowers and fruit.

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In one large volume 8vo, with Eight Plates, price 15s.

ELEMENTS OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF PLANTS;

Containing the Principles of Scientific Botany, Nomenclature, Theory of Classification, Phytography, Anatomy, Chemistry, Physiology, Geography, and Diseases of Plants; with a History of the Science, and Practical Illustrations.

By A. P. DECANDOLLE, and K. SPRENGELL.

Translated from the German.

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In octavo, price 15s.

FLORA EDINENSIS;

A DESCRIPTION OF PLANTS GROWING NEAR EDINBURGH,

Arranged according to the Linnean System; with a Concise Introduction to the Natural Orders of the Class Cryptogamia, and Illustrative Plates.

By ROBERT KAYE GREVILLE, F.R.S. & F.A.S.E.

Member of the Wernerian Natural History Society of Edinburgh, &c. &c. &c.

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A New Edition, entirely re-composed, in 4 large vols. 8vo. L. 3,