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WORKS ON NATURAL HISTORY.

INTRODUCTION TO THE MODERN CLASSIFICATION OF INSECTS; comprising an Account of the Habits and Transformations of the different Families; a Synopsis of all the British, and a Notice of the more remarkable Foreign Genera. By J. O. WESTWOOD, Sec. Ent. Soc. London, F.L.S. &c. 2 vols. illustrated with above 130 Wood-cuts, comprising about Two Thousand Five Hundred distinct Figures. Price 21. 8s. cloth lettered.

A MANUAL OF BRITISH COLEOPTERA; or BEETLES; containing a Description of all the Species of Beetles hitherto ascertained to inhabit Great Britain and Ireland, &c. With a complete Index of the Genera. By J. F. STEPHENS, Esq. F.L.S., Author of "Illustrations of British Entomology." 1 vol. post 8vo. 14s. cloth lettered.

DR. TURTON'S MANUAL OF THE LAND AND
FRESHWATER SHELLS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS. A New
Edition, revised and enlarged, by JOHN EDWARD GRAY, Esq. of the British
Museum.
1 vol. post 8vo. with Wood-cuts and Twelve coloured Plates, price

15s. cloth lettered.

CONVERSATIONS ON MINERALOGY. Third Edition, enlarged, with 12 Plates, engraved by Mr. and Miss LOWRY. 2 vols. 12mo. 14s. cloth.

REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL, DEVON, AND WEST SOMERSET, by Order of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury. By H. T. DE LA BECHE, F.R.S. &c. Director of the Ordnance Geological Survey. 8vo. with Sections, &c. 145.

AN ETYMOLOGICAL AND EXPLANATORY DICTIONARY of the TERMS and LANGUAGE of GEOLOGY, with especial regard to Association; containing also many Terms of Mineralogy and Science. By GEORGE ROBERTS. Foolscap 8vo. 6s. cloth lettered.

BOOK OF NATURE; a Popular Illustration of the General Laws and Phenomena of Creation. By JOHN MASON GOOD, M.D. F.R.S. 3d Edit. 3 vols. fcp. 8vo. 24s.

"The best philosophical digest of the kind which we have seen."-Monthly Review.

TAXIDERMY; or the Art of Collecting and Preparing Objects of Natural History. 4th Edition, 12mo. Plates, 7s. 6d.

ESSAYS ON NATURAL HISTORY. BY CHARLES WATERTON, Esq. of Walton Hall, Author of "Wanderings in South America." Third Edition, with a View of Walton Hall, and an Autobiography of the Author. One vol. fcp. 8vo. 8s. cloth lettered.

CONVERSATIONS ON BOTANY.

8th Edition

enlarged, 12mo. with 22 Engravings, 78. 6d. plain; 12s. coloured. AN INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY; intended to convey a Practical Knowledge of the Science; and comprising the most important recent Discoveries; with Explanations of the Facts and Phenomena which serve to confirm or invalidate various Geological Theories. By ROBERT BAKEWELL. 5th Edition, considerably enlarged from the 4th Edition, and with new Sections and Cuts, price One Guinea, cloth lettered.

NEW WORKS AND NEW EDITIONS.

Natural History—continued.

BY JOHN LINDLEY, PH. D. F.R.S. L.S. &c.

PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE LONDON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, AND IN THE ROYAL INSTITUTION.

THE THEORY OF HORTICULTURE; or, an Exposition of the Principles on which the Operations of Gardening are conducted. 1 vol. 8vo. with numerous Illustrations on Wood, 12s.

"Will henceforth be considered essential to the library of every gardener, young and old-Dr. Lindley's masterpiece, as far as the garden is concerned. It is not philosophy, nor scientific research only which could produce such a work as this, but a combination of these, with an intimate knowledge of the minutia and manipulations of the gardener's art." Gardener's Magazine.

SCHOOL BOTANY;

or, an Explanation of the Characters and Differences of the principal Natural Classes and Orders of Plants, belonging to the Flora of Europe, in the Botanical Classification of Decandolle; for the use of Students preparing for their MATRICULATION EXAMINATION in the University of London. In one volume, foolscap 8vo. with upwards of 160 Wood-cuts, 6s. cloth lettered.

"A capital introductory work for all who intend to study botany with seal; and is not only adorned, but illustrated, by a hundred and sixty-three wood-cuts."-Medical Gazette.

INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY.

2d Edition,

with Corrections and considerable Additions, 1 large vol. 8vo. numerous Plates and Woodcuts, 188.

A NATURAL SYSTEM OF BOTANY; or, a

Systematic View of the Organization, Natural Affinities, and Geographical Distribution of the whole Vegetable Kingdom; together with the Uses of the most important Species in Medicine, the Arts, &c. 2d Edition, with numerous Additions and Corrections, 1 vol. 8vo. 18s. cloth.

SYNOPSIS OF THE BRITISH FLORA, arranged according to the Natural Orders. 2d Edition, with numerous Additions, Corrections, and Improvements, 12mo. 10s. 6d. boards.

A KEY TO STRUCTURAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL,

AND SYSTEMATIC BOTANY. For the Use of Classes. With a List of Medicinal Plants. 8vo. 5s.

FLORA MEDICA; or, a Botanical Account of all the most remarkable Plants applied to Medical Practice in Great Britain and other Countries. 1 vol. 8vo. 18s. cloth lettered.

FIRST

28. sewed.

PRINCIPLES

OF HORTICULTURE.

GUIDE TO THE ORCHARD AND KITCHEN GARDEN. By G. LINDLEY, C.M.H.S. Edited by J. LINDLEY, Ph. D. F.R.S. &c. 1 large volume 8vo. 16s. boards.

MESSRS. LONGMAN AND Co.'s LIST OF

Natural History, Botany, &c.-continued.

BOTANICAL WORKS,

BY SIR WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, K. H. LL.D.

REGIUS PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW, ETC.

THE BRITISH FLORA; comprising the Flowering

PLANTS and the FERNS. 8vo. 4th Edition, with Plates, containing 82 Figures illustrative of the Grasses and umbelliferous Plants, 128.; or coloured,

16s.

*. In this edition all the newly discovered Species are introduced. The Linnæan arrangement is followed in the body of the work; but in the Appendix are given the Characters of all the Natural Orders, with a List of the Genera, referring to the pages where they are described.

Vol. II. Part 1. of the above (CRYPTOGAMIA), 8vo. 12s.-Vol. II. Part 2, (FUNGI), completing the work, by Sir W. J. HOOKER, and the Rev. M. J. BERKELEY. 8vo. 12s.

MUSCOLOGIA BRITANNICA: containing the

Mosses of Great Britain and Ireland, systematically arranged and described; with Plates. By Sir W. J. HOOKER, and T. TAYLOR, M.D. F.L.S. &c. 2d Edit. 8vo. enlarged, 31s. 6d. plain; 37. 3s. coloured.

ICONES PLANTARUM; or, Figures, with brief Descriptive Characters and Remarks, of NEW and RARE PLANTS, selected from the Author's Herbarium. 2 vols. 8vo. with 200 Plates, price 21. 16s. cloth lettered.

Also, Parts 1 & 2 (forming vol. III. price 28s. cloth) of a Continuation, comprising 100 Plates and Descriptions. To be completed in two more Parts, price 14s. each.

"Nothing can be more interesting to a man of science than the plants represented in these volumes; nothing can be in better taste or more faithful than the figures; and it is difficult to conceive how any thing can be cheaper."-Athenæum.

BY SIR JAMES EDWARD SMITH, M.D. F.R.S.

LATE PRESIDENT OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, ETC.

THE ENGLISH FLORA. 6 vols. 8vo. 31. 12s. bds. CONTENTS:-Vols. I. to IV. the FLOWERING PLANTS and the FERNS, price 21. 88. bds.

Vol. V. Part 1. 12s.-CRYPTOGAMIA: comprising the Mosses, Hepaticæ, Lichens, Characeæ, and Algæ. By Sir W. J. HOOKER.

Vol. V. Part 2. 12s.-The_FUNGI-completing the Work-by Sir W. J. HOOKER, and the Rev. M. J. BERKELEY, F.L.S., &c.

COMPENDIUM OF THE ENGLISH FLORA. 2d Edition, with Additions and Corrections. By Sir W. J. HOOKER, 12mo. 7s. 6d.

THE SAME IN LATIN. 5th Edition, 12mo. 7s. 6d.

INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF PHYSIOLOGICAL AND SYSTEMATICAL BOTANY. New Edition, with Illustrations of the Natural Orders (combining the object of Sir J. Smith's "Grammar" with that of his "Introduction.") By Sir W. J. HOOKER. 8vo. 36 Plates, 16s. cloth.

NEW WORKS AND NEW EDITIONS.

WORKS ON

AGRICULTURE AND GARDENING.

ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BREEDS OF THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS; consisting of a Series of Coloured Engravings of the

HORSE-the OX-the SHEEP-the GOAT-the HOG,

From a Series of Oil Paintings, executed for the Agricultural Museum of the University of Edinburgh, by Mr. Shiels, of the Royal Scotch Academy. With Descriptive Memoirs. By DAVID LOW, Esq. F.R.S.E., Professor of Agriculture in the University of Edinburgh.

Part I. contains the Ox, No. 1., atlas 4to., with Four beautifully-coloured Plates, One Guinea.

Part II. contains the Sheep, No. 1., price 218.

Part III. contains the Hog-The Berkshire, Siamese, Old English, and Wild Breeds, price 218.

Part IV. contains the Ox, No. 2.-The Polled Angus, Galloway, Kerry, and Zetland Breeds, price 21s.

Part V. The Sheep, No. 2, on October 1.

Part VI. The Horse, No. 1, on December 1.

To be continued every two months.

"The first number of this noble work was published on the 1st of February. It is devoted to a collection of portraits of the best specimens of the various Breeds of the British Domestic Animals. The writer of this review has had many an opportunity of standing by Mr. Shiels while he was engaged in his undertaking, and admiring the fidelity with which the general and the distinguishing features of each animal were seized and portrayed. cordially recommend this work to our veterinary brethren; it will improve their acquaintance with the distinctive characters of the different breeds, and will constitute very appropriate and splendid ornaments of their parlours or portfólios."-Veterinarian.

We

"Truly a magnificent work.-Nothing of the kind so accurate and beautiful, so useful to the agriculturist, and so excellent for the artist, has ever before been given to the public. The prints are most natural and correct likenesses, done in so artist-like a manner as to be admirable pictures. When we add that the letter-press is full of practical information, we only said what the work deserves, and so recommend it to the attention of the important class of the community whose interests are so intimately bound up in the subject of improvement in the breeds of domestic animals."-Literary Gazette.

Just published, by the same Author,

ELEMENTS OF PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE;

comprehending the Cultivation of Plants, the Husbandry of Domestic Animals, and the Economy of the Farm. Third Edition, with Additions, and above 200 Woodcuts, 1 vol. 8vo. 18s. cloth lettered.

"No work on agriculture has appeared in our time which will bear a comparison with this excellent, and we would say classical work, of Professor Low. It will become the manual of practical agriculture for the British empire; and the judicious practical rules and sound views of our author will unquestionably prove beneficial to the agriculturists of other countries."-Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal.

BAYLDON'S ART OF VALUING RENTS AND TILLAGES, and the Tenant's Right of Entering and Quitting Farms, explained by several Specimens of Valuations; and Remarks on the Cultivation pursued on Soils in different Situations. Adapted to the Use of Landlords, Land Agents, Appraisers, Farmers, and Tenants. 5th Edition, re-written and enlarged, by JOHN DONALDSON. With a Chapter on the Tithe Commutation Rent-Charge, by a Gentleman of much experience on the Tithe Commission. 8vo. 10s. 6d. cloth lettered.

"One of the most useful works for all persons concerned in the management of land and landed estates."-Bell's Weekly Messenger.

"A work equally valuable to the principal or the messenger agent. The new statements and calculations added by the editor of this edition will be found of great value."-Mark Lane Express.

May now be said to be re-written by one of the best practical agriculturists in the country. The excellent forms for account books which are given at the end of the volume are so superior to those generally published, that we consider them alone worth the price of the book."-Gardener's Magazine.

MESSRS. LONGMAN AND Co.'s LIST OF

Agriculture and Gardening-continued.

THE ROSE AMATEUR'S GUIDE.

Containing

By T.

ample Descriptions of all the fine leading varieties of Roses, regularly classed in their respective Families; their History and Mode of Culture. RIVERS, Jun. 2d Edition, greatly enlarged. 1 vol. foolscap, price 6s. cloth lettered.

Among the additions to the present edition will be found, full directions for raising New Roses from Seed, by modes never before published, appended to each family; Descriptions of the most remarkable New Roses lately introduced; an Alphabetical List of all the New Roses, and of the Show Roses.

SIR

HUMPHRY

DAVY'S

AGRICULTURAL

CHEMISTRY. With Notes by Dr. John Davy. 6th Edition, 8vo. with 10 Plates, 15s. cloth lettered.

CONTENTS.-Introduction-The General Powers of Matter which Influence Vegetation-The Organization of Plants-Soils-Nature and Constitution of the Atmosphere, and its Influence on Vegetables-Manures of Vegetable and Animal Origin-Manures of Mineral Origin, or Fossil Manures-Improvement of Lands by Burning-Experiments on the Nutritive Qualities of different Grasses, &c.

THE VEGETABLE CULTIVATOR. Containing

a Plain and Accurate Description of all the different Species and Varieties of Culinary Vegetables, with the most approved Methods of Cultivating and Cooking them. By J. ROGERS, Author of "The Fruit Cultivator." Foolscap 8vo. cloth lettered.

A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE GRAPE VINE ON OPEN WALLS. By CLEMENT HOARE. New Edition, with Additions, 8vo. 78. 6d. cloth.

NEW EDITIONS OF MRS. MARCET'S CONVERSATIONS.

POLITICAL ECONOMY; in which the Elements of that Science are familiarly Explained. 7th Edition, revised and enlarged, 1 vol. foolscap 8vo. 7s. 6d. cloth lettered.

VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY; comprehending the Elements of Botany, with their Application to Agriculture. 3d Edit. 1 vol. fcap. 8vo. with 4 Plates, 9s. cloth lettered.

LAND AND WATER.

2d Edition, revised and corrected, with a coloured Map, showing the Comparative Altitude of Mountains. 1 vol. fcap. 8vo. 5s. 6d. cloth lettered.

NATURAL PHILOSOPHY; in which the Elements of that Science are familiarly Explained, and Adapted to the Comprehension of Young Pupils. 9th Edition, enlarged and corrected, with 23 Engravings, fcap. 8vo. 10s. 6d. cloth.

CHEMISTRY; in which the Elements of that Science are familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments. enlarged and corrected, 2 vols. 12mo. with 18 Plates, 14s. boards.

13th Edition,

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