BOTANICAL WORKS,

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 EXPO

SITION OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES ON WHICH THE OPERATIONS OF GARDENING ARE CONDUCTED. 1 vol. 8vo. with numerous Illustrations on Wood, 12s. cloth lettered.

CONTENTS. OF THE PRINCIPAL CIRCUMSTANCES CONNECted with VegeTABLE LIFE WHICH ILLUSTRATE the Operations of GardENING: Germination-Growth by the Root-Growth by the Stem-Action of Leaves-Action of Flowers-Of the Maturation of the Fruit-Of Temperature.-OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES UPON WHICH THE OPERATIONS OF HORTICULTURE ESSENTIALLY DEPEND: Of Bottom Heat-Of the Moisture of the Soil-Watering -Of Atmospherical Moisture and Temperature - Of Ventilation - Of Seedsowing-Of Seed-saving-Of Seed-packing-Of Propagation by Eyes and Knaurs –Of Propagation by Leaves-Of Propagation by Cuttings-Of Propagation by Layers and Suckers-Of Propagation by Budding and Grafting-Of PruningOf Training-Of Potting-Of Transplanting-Of the Preservation of Races by Seed-Of the Improvement of Races-Of Resting-Of Soil and Manure.

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 De Candolle. For the use of the Students preparing for their MATRICULATION EXAMINATION in the University of London. 1 volume, fcp. 8vo. with upwards of 160 Woodcuts, 6s. cloth lettered.

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INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY. 2d Edition, with Corrections and considerable Additions, 1 large vol. 8vo. numerous Plates and Woodcuts, 18s. 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, and a complete List of Genera, with their Synonyms, 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. 8vo. 4s. 6d.

FLORA MEDICA; OR, A BOTANICAL ACCOUNT OF

ALL THE MOST REMARKABLE PLANTS APPLIED TO MEDICAL PRACTICE in Great Britain and other Countries. I vol. 8vo. 18s. cloth lett’d.

FIRST PRINCIPLES OF HORTICULTURE. 2s. sewed. GUIDE TO THE ORCHARD & KITCHEN GARDEN. By G. LINDLEY, C.M.H.S. Edited by J. LINDLEY, Ph. D. F.R.S. &c. 1 large vol. 8vo. 16s. boards.

ONE-VOLUME CYCLOPÆDIAS AND DICTIONARIES.

A DICTIONARY, PRACTICAL, THEORETICAL, AND HISTORICAL, OF COMMERCE AND COMMERCIAL NAVIGATION. Illustrated with Maps and Plans. By J. R. M'CULLOCH, Esq. New Edition, with a new and enlarged Supplement, 1 closely and beautifully printed volume, 8vo., containing upwards of 1350 pages, 50s. bds.

A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES, AND MINES: containing a clear Exposition of their Principles and Practice. By ANDREW URE, M.D. F.R.S. &c. In 1 closely and beautifully printed vol. 8vo. containing 1242 pages, and illustrated with 1241 Engravings on Wood, £2. 10s. strongly bound in cloth, lettered.

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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GEOGRAPHY: COMPRISING A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THE EARTH; exhibiting its Relation to the Heavenly Bodies, its Physical Structure, the Natural History of each Country, and the Industry, Commerce, Political Institutions, and Civil and Social State of all Nations. By HUGH MURRAY, F.R.S.E.: assisted by Professor Wallace, Professor Jameson, Sir W. J. Hooker, and W. Swainson, Esq. With 82 Maps, drawn by Sidney Hall; and upwards of 1000 other Wood-Engravings. In 1 thick volume, 8vo. of upwards of 1500 pages, 60s. half-bound vellum. "One of the most learned, accurate, and entertaining works on geography." GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.

AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RURAL SPORTS; comprising Hunting, Racing, Shooting, Fishing, Hawking, Coursing, the Athletic Sports, &c. By DELABERE P. BLAINE, Esq. Author of " Outlines of the Veterinary Art," "Canine Pathology," &c. 1 thick vol. 8vo. illustrated with many hundred beautifully executed Engravings on Wood. To be published in Ten Monthly Parts, price 5s. each, of which Four have now appeared.

AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AGRICULTURE; comprising the Theory and Practice of the Valuation, Transfer, Laying out Improvement, and Management of Landed Property; the Cultivation and Economy of the Animal and Vegetable Productions of Agriculture, a General History of Agriculture in all Countries, &c. By J. C. LOUDON, F.L.S. &c. With nearly 1300 Engravings on Wood. 1 large vol. 8vo. 3d Edit. £2. 10s. "One of the most scientific and justly popular works of the present times." STEWART'S PLANTER'S GUide.

By the same Author,

AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING; comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape Gardening: including all the latest improvements; a General History of Gardening in all Countries, &c. New Edition, improved, with nearly 1000 Engravings on Wood, I vol. 8vo. £2. 10s.

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AN

ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF

PLANTS: comprising the Description, Specific Character, Culture, History, Application in the Arts, and every other desirable particular respecting all the Plants Indigenous to or Introduced into Britain. By J. C. LOUDON, F.L.S. &c. The Specific Characters by an eminent Botanist; the Drawings by J. D. C. Sowerby, F.L.S. Nearly 10,000 Wood-Engravings. 2d Edit. corrected, large vol. 8vo. £3.13s. 6d. "The most useful and popular botanical work that has ever appeared in the English language."-JAMESON'S PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL.

HORTUS BRITANNICUS: A CATALOGUE OF ALL

THE PLANTS INDIGENOUS TO OR INTRODUCED INTO BRITAIN. New Edition, with a New Supplement containing all the New Plants introduced into Britain, up to March 1839. Prepared under the direction of J. C. LOUDON, by W. H. BAXTER; and revised by GEORGE DON, F.L.S. 8vo. 31s. 6d. cloth. -SUPPLEMENT separately, 8s.

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WORKS ON RELICION, THEOLOGY, &c.

THE DOCTRINE OF THE DELUGE; VINDICATING the SCRIPITUAL ACCOUNT from the DOUBTS which have been recently cast upon it by recent GEOLOGICAL SPECULATIONS. By the Rev.

LEVESON VERNON HARCOURT. 2 vols. 8vo. 36s. cloth lettered.

THE SACRED HISTORY OF THE WORLD, philosophically considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son. By SHARON TURNER, Esq. F.S.A. and R.A.S.L. New Edition, 3 vols. 8vo. £2. 2s. bds.

THE SUNDAY LIBRARY: A SELECTION OF

SERMONS FROM EMINENT DIVINES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, chiefly within the last Half Century. With Notes, &c. by the Rev. T. F. DIBDIN, D.D. 6 vols. fcp. 8vo. with Portraits, 30s. cloth.

PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY; containing the Doctrines, Duties, Admonitions, and Consolations of the Christian Religion. By JOHN BURNS, M.D. &c. 5th Edition, 12mo. 7s. bds.

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ORIENTAL CUSTOMS APPLIED TO THE ILLUSTRATION of the SACRED SCRIPTURES. BY SAMUEL BURDER, A.M. &c. New Edition, fcp. 8vo. 8s. 6d. cloth lettered.

DISCOURSES ON THE PRINCIPAL POINTS OF THE SOCINIAN CONTROVERSY-The Unity of the God, and the Trinity of Persons in the Godhead; the Supreme Divinity of Jesus Christ; the Doctrine of Atonement; on the Christian Character, &c. By RALPH WARDLAW, D.D. 5th Edition, 8vo. 15s. cloth lettered.

MOORE'S

POETICAL WORKS.

LALLA ROOKH: AN ORIENTAL ROMANCE. New Edition, in one volume, royal 8vo. illustrated with 13 highly-finished Engravings, executed under the superintendence of Mr. Charles Heath, from designs by Stephanoff, Meadows, E. Corbould, and Miss Corbaux. In fancy cloth, lettered, with ornamental gilding, One Guinea; or with India Proof Plates, Two Guineas.

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MELODIES:

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THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBT. SOUTHEY, Esq. Collected by HIMSELF. 10 vols. fcp. 8vo. with Portrait, Frontispieces, and Vignettes, £2. 10s. cloth lettered.

***This Edition, which the Author has arranged and revised with the same care as if it were intended for posthumous publication, includes many pieces which either have never before been collected, or have hitherto remained unpublished. Preliminary notices are affixed to the long poems, -the whole of the notes retained, and such additional ones incorporated as the Author, since the first publication, has seen occasion to insert. The Frontispieces and Vignettes consist of views appropriate to the respective volumes.

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THE MORAL OF FLOWERS. 3d Edition, royal 8vo. with 24 beautifully coloured Plates, 30s. half-bound.

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By the same Author,

THE SPIRIT OF THE WOODS. 1 vol. royal 8vo. with 26 beautifully coloured Engravings, 36s. half-bound.

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JOANNA

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POEMS,

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NEW GENERAL ATLAS OF FIFTY-THREE MAPS, ON COLOMBIER PAPER; with the Divisions and Boundaries carefully COLOURED. Constructed entirely from New Drawings, and engraved by SIDNEY HALL. Corrected to the present time. Folded in half, bound in canvas, £8. 18s. 6d.; ditto, half-bound in Russia, £9. 9s.; in the full extended size of the Maps, half-bound in Russia, £10.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF THE NAMES CONTAINED IN THE ABOVE ATLAS, with References to the Number of the Maps, and to the Latitude and Longitude in which the Places are to be found. Royal 8vo. 21s. cloth.

TREATISE ON THE STEAM ENGINE; HISTORICAL, PRACTICAL, AND DESCRIPTIVE. By JOHN FAREY, Engineer. 4to. illustrated by numerous Woodcuts, and 25 Copperplates, engraved by Wilson Lowry, from Drawings by Messrs. Farey, £5. 5s. bds.-Vol. II. is in the press.

ILLUSTRATIONS

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MECHANICS.

By the Rev. H. MOSELEY, M.A., Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy in King's College, London; being the First Volume of Illustrations of Science by the Professors of King's College. 1 vol. fcp. 8vo. with numerous Woodcuts, 8s. cloth lettered.