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BOOKS

PRINTED FOR WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH;

AND T. CADELL, STRAND, LONDON.

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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;

OR

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,
A SYSTEM OF CHEMISTRY.
By THOMAS THOMSON, M.D. F.R.S. &c. &c.

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In one vol. 8vo. with Four Maps of the Constellations, and a Plate of the figures illustrative of the Work. The Second Edition, corrected and improved. Price 9s.

AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON ASTRONOMY;

Or, an Easy Introduction to a Knowledge of the Heavens,

Intended for the Use of those who are not much conversant in Mathematical Studies.

By the Rev. A. MYLNE, D. D.

Minister of Dollar, Honorary Member of the Royal Physical Society, and
Fellow of the Society of Scottish Antiquaries.

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Handsomely Printed in 8vo. the Second Edition, Price 14s.
WERNER’S NOMENCLATURE OF COLOURS,

With Additions, so as to render it highly useful to the Arts and Sciences, particularly Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Morbid Anatomy. Annexed to which are examples selected from well-known objects in the Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdoms.

By PATRICK SYME,

Flower-Painter, Edinburgh; Painter to the Wernerian and Caledonian Horticultural Societies.

“Having the good fortune to possess a colour-suite of minerals, made, under the eye of Werner, by my late friend H. Meuder of Freyberg, and being desirous of making this collection as generally useful as possible, I mentioned my wish to Mr Syme, who readily undertook to make a delineation of all the varieties in this collection. This he executed with his usual skill and accuracy; adding, at the same time, to the series several other colours, which he has distinguished by appropriate names, and arranged along with those in the Wernerian system. The whole has been published in a series of Tables, in a Treatise which ought to be in the hands of every Mineralogist, and indeed in the possession of Naturalists of every description.”—Professor Jameson’s Characters of Minerals.

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In One Volume large 8vo. Price 14s.
HISTORICAL SKETCH

OF

THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY, NAVIGATION,
AND COMMERCE,

From the earliest Records to the beginning of the Nineteenth Century.

By WILLIAM STEVENSON, Esq.

⁂ This Historical Sketch has been drawn up with reference to, and in order to form the 18th and concluding Volume of Kerr’s Voyages and Travels. But though drawn up with this object, it is strictly and entirely an independent and separate Work. At the conclusion of the Volume is given a Select Catalogue of Voyages and Travels, which, it is hoped, will be found generally useful, not only in directing reading and inquiry, but also in the formation of a Library.

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