Part 13
A Second Century of Orchidaceous Plants, selected from the Subjects published in Curtis’s “Botanical Magazine” since the issue of the “First Century.” Edited by JAMES BATEMAN, Esq., F.R.S. Complete in 1 Vol. royal 4to, 100 Coloured Plates, 5_l._ 5_s._
Monograph of Odontoglossum, a Genus of the Vandeous Section of Orchidaceous Plants. By JAMES BATEMAN, Esq., F.R.S. Imperial folio, Parts I. to IV., each with 5 Coloured Plates, and occasional Wood Engravings, 21_s._
Select Orchidaceous Plants. By ROBERT WARNER, F.R.H.S. With Notes on Culture by B. S. WILLIAMS. Folio, cloth gilt, 6_l._ 6_s._
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Illustrations of the Genus Carex. By FRANCIS BOOTT, M.D. Part IV. Folio, 189 Plates, 10_l._
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Clavis Agaricinorum: an Analytical Key to the British Agaricini, with Characters of the Genera and Subgenera. By WORTHINGTON G. SMITH, F.L.S. Six Plates, 2_s._ 6_d._
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Elements of Conchology; an Introduction to the Natural History of Shells, and of the Animals which form them. By LOVELL REEVE, F.L.S. Royal 8vo, 2 vols. 62 Coloured Plates, £2 16_s._
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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
1. Corrected all reported Errata items. 2. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling. 3. Archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings retained as printed. 4. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.