nd its usefulness is enhanced
by its many careful illustrations."--_Daily Telegraph._
"Families visiting the sea-side should provide themselves
with this convenient and instructive work."--_The Queen._
"It is pleasingly written, and the scientific information is
correct and well selected."--_Athenaeum._
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Crown 8vo, elegantly bound, cloth gilt, Illustrated with 8 beautifully
coloured full-page Plates and 90 Wood Engravings, price 3s. 6d.
FIELD FLOWERS
A HANDY BOOK
for
THE RAMBLING BOTANIST,
SUGGESTING
WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND WHERE TO GO IN THE OUT-DOOR STUDY OF
BRITISH PLANTS.
BY SHIRLEY HIBBERD, F.R.H.S.
"It will serve as an excellent introduction to the practical
study of wild flowers."--_The Queen._
"We cannot praise too highly the illustrations which crowd
the pages of this handbook; the coloured plates are
especially attractive, and serve to bring before us very
distinctly the most prominent flowers of the field, the
heaths, and the hedgerows."--_Examiner._
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THE FERN GARDEN
HOW TO MAKE, KEEP, AND ENJOY IT
OR,
FERN CULTURE MADE EASY.
BY SHIRLEY HIBBERD, F.R.H.S.
CONTENTS.
FERNS IN GENERAL
FERN COLLECTING
HOW TO FORM AN OUTDOOR FERNERY
CULTIVATION OF ROCK FERNS
CULTIVATION OF MARSH FERNS
FERNS IN POTS
THE FERN HOUSE
THE FERNERY AT THE FIRESIDE
MANAGEMENT OF FERN CASES
THE ART OF MULTIPLYING FERNS
BRITISH FERNS
CULTIVATION OF GREENHOUSE STOVE FERNS
SELECT GREENHOUSE FERNS
SELECT STOVE FERNS
TREE FERNS
FERN ALLIES
GROOMBRIDGE & SONS, 5, Paternoster Row, London.
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THE CANARY
ITS VARIETIES, MANAGEMENT, AND BREEDING
WITH PORTRAITS OF THE AUTHOR'S OWN BIRDS.
BY THE REV. FRANCIS SMITH.
CONTENTS.
A PLEA FOR THE CANARY
ORIGIN OF OUR OWN CANARY
THE WILD CANARY
OUR LIZARDS
OUR YORKSHIRE SPANGLES
OUR NORWICH YELLOWS
OUR LONDON FANCY BIRDS
OUR BELGIANS
OUR GREEN BIRDS
OUR CINNAMONS
OUR TURNCRESTS
PREPARATIONS FOR BREEDING
NEST BOXES AND NESTS
OUR FIRST BIR
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