Outlines of British fungology : containing characters of above a thousand species of fungi, and a complete list of all that have been described as natives of the British Isles / by M.J. Berkeley.

Date:: 1860

Credit: Outlines of British fungology : containing characters of above a thousand species of fungi, and a complete list of all that have been described as natives of the British Isles / by M.J. Berkeley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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$[Copies of this Prospectus may be had of the Publishers.] 5, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden. ILLUSTEATED EDITION OP 1^ BENTHAM'S HANDBOOK OF THE BRITISH FLORA. In Montlily Farts, price 2s. Qd., commencing January 1,1863, HANDBOOK OF THE BRITISH FLORA. {Illustrated Edition.) By GEOEGE BENTHAM, E.E.S., PBESIDENT OP THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. The favour with which Bentham's ' Hand- book of the British Flora' has been receiA'ed, and the high position it has taken among Pro- fessors and Teachers of Botany as a Class-book, have induced the Publishers, at great cost, to undertake the publication of an Illustrated Edition. In this edition, the Text of which will be thoroughly revised by the Author, each Species wiU be illustrated by a finely-executed Wood- Engraving of the Plant and its Dissections, from original drawings by W. Fitch. The anatomi- cal details will faithfully represent the progress made in this department of Botanical Science to the present time. The Introduction will be re-written and adapted to the present advanced state of science, and the Analytical Key, an im- portant feature of the Work from the valuable aid it affords the collector in determining and naming his specimens, will be rendered as perfect as possible by the adoption of such improvements as expe- rience and study have suggested. The value of the Work, both to the Botanical Student and the Amateur, will thus be greatly enhanced by the increased assistance it wiU afford them in the prosecution of their studies and researches; while the very moderate price at which it will be issued will bring it within the reach of those who are debarred from more costly but now antiquated works. The 'Illttsteated Handbook of the British Flora' will be completed in twenty-five Monthly Parts, and will form two handsome volumes of about 1000 pages with nearly 1300 Engravings, a few specimens of which are interspersed in the present prospectus. From the GABDENEBS' CHRONICLE. We learn that tliere i» in preparation a new edition of Bentliam's capital 'Handbook ot the British Flowering Plants and Ferns,' in which every species will be illustrated by an original wood-engraving by Fitch; special attention being given to the magnified dissections and parts of the plant. More than 150 of the engravings, which are excellent, and in every way worthy of the artist, are already finished.$