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SELBY.-History of British Forest Trees, indigenous and introduced; illustrated by nearly 200 engravings on wood, executed in the finest style of the art. 1 vol. 8vo. $7 00 STRUTT.-Sylva Britannica; or, Portraits of Forest Trees, distinguished for their Antiquity, Magnitude, or Beauty. Royal 8vo., with fine plates, drawn from $6.50 TORREY and GRAY's Flora of North America; containing a Description of all the indigenous and naturalized Plants_growing north of Mexico; arranged ac cording to the natural system. By John Torrey, M. D., etc., etc., and Asa Gray, Prof. of Natural History in Harvard University. Vol. 1, in 4 parts, 8vo., 1841-1842.

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Vegetable Substances. A Description and History of Vegetable Substances used in the Arts, and in Domestic Economy. 3 vols. 12mo., with many engrav ings. Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche

$4.00

$4.00

Overzeesche Bezittingen, door de leden der natuurkundige commissie in Oost Indie en andere schrijvers. Tweede Aflevering. Botanie No. 1. Folio, colored plates. Traité de la Composition et de l'Ornement des Jardins, avec 200 plan. ches, représentant des plans de Jardins, des fabriques propres à leur décoration, et leg machines pour élever les eaux. Oblong 8vo.

WARD.-On the Growth of Plants in Closely Glazed Cases. 8vo.

PERIODICALS

DEVOTED TO THE SCIENCES OF BOTANY, GARDENING, ETC.

Supplied regularly by W. & P., at the prices annexed. Payments (strictly) in advance.

American Journal of Science (Silliman's)......

84.00

81 50

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Annales des Jardiniers Amateurs................................................

Annales des Sciences Nat. Partie Botan....................................................................................................

Annales de la Société d'Horticulture.......

Horticulteur Universel

Revue Horticole

Flora, oder Botanische Zeitung....

Linnea; Journal für die Botanik..

See also Agriculture.

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ADAMS.-English Pleasure Carriages; their origin, history, varieties,

construction, &c., &c. 8vo. plates.

ANGLING.

Angler's (The) Hand-Book. 18mo. col'd plates.

Reduced to 82 50

25c.

DAVY.-Salmonia, or Days of Fly-Fishing; in a series of conversations, with some account of the habits of fishes belonging to the genus Salme. 1 vol. 8vo. $3 00

$3.00

HOFLAND.-The British Angler's Manual, or the Art of Angling in
England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. I vol. fine plates.
PENN.-Maxims and Hints for an Angler; and Miseries of Fishing.
To which are added, Maximas and Hints for a Chess-Player. New edition, enlarged, with
beautiful wood cuts. 1 vol. 12mo.

$2.25

PHILLIPS.-The True Enjoyment of Angling. 8vo. portrait and

music.

$2.75

SCROPE.-Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed; with a short account of the Natural History and habits of the Salmon, Instructions to Sportsmen. Anecdotes, &c. 1 vol. 8vo. fine plates. $12.00

WALTON and COTTON.-The Complete Angler; or Contemplative

Man's Recreation: being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Fonds, Fish, and Fishing, with Lives and Notes, by Sir John Hawkins, Knt. Edited by James Rennie, A. M. I vol. 12mo. cuts. $1.00

In 1 vol. small 8vo. very fine plates..

In 2 vols. 48mo................. ..............................

ARCHERY.

Hand-Book of Archery. 18mo,

.......... $1 25

25c.

HANSARD.-The Book of Archery. Illustrated with numerous fine

plates. (An elegant and attractive volume.)

85.00

Contents-1. Juvenile Bowmen. 2. Equipments of Young Archers. 3. Female Archery.
4. Welsh Archery. 5. French Archery. 6. The Cross-Bow. 7. Societies of Modern
Archers. 8. Yew Trees, Yew Bows, &c. 9. Power of Modern Bows. 10. The Shaft. 11.
Roving or Rural Archery. 12. Greek and Roman Archery.

BLAINE'S Encyclopædia of Rural Sports; or a Complete Account,
Historical, Practical, and Descriptive, of Hunting, Shooting, Fishing, Racing, and other Field
Sports and Athletic Amusements of the Present Day. Illustrated by 600 wood engravings.
1 large vol. 8vo.
$12.00

Book of Sports, British and Foreign devoted to the pictorial illustration of the pursuits of the Sportsman in every quarter of the Globe. First and second series, 2 vols. 4to. fine large plates. Each $4 50

50c.

Book of Gymnastics: or Sports for Youth.-A Legacy to promote
Health and Long Life. 18mo. cuts. Boston.
CAMPBELL, COL.-Excursions, Adventures, and Field Sports in Cey-
lon. 2 vols. 8vo. fine plates, (many colored.)

$10 00

CARLETON.-The Sporting Sketch-Book; a series of characteristic papers by the most distinguished Sporting Writers of the day. Illustrated with 11 splendid engravings. 1 vol. 8vo. Reduced to $3 50

COLQUHOUN.-The Moor and the Loch; containing Practical Hints on Highland Sports, and Notices of the Habits of the different creatures of Game and Prey in the Mountainous Districts of Scotland: with instructions in River, Burn, and Loch-Fishing. 2d edition, illustrated with wood cuts, 1 vol. 8vo. $3.00

Equestrian, (The.)-A Hand-Book of Horsemanship; containing

plain practical rules for Riding, Driving, and the Management of Horses. 12mo. plates. $1 00 Games and Sports, for in-doors and out-of-doors. 12mo. plates. $2.50

HUNTING AND RACING.

$5 75

Cracks of the Day. Edited by Wildrake, with 65 illustrations [of the finest hunters and racers.] Royal 8vo. Hunting Reminiscences; comprising Memoirs of Masters of

$5.00

Hounds; Notices of the Crack Riders; and Characteristics of the Hunting Counties of England. By Nimrod. 1 vol. royal 8vo., fine plates. RADCLIFFE.-The Noble Science: a few general ideas on Fox Hunting, for the use of the rising generation of Sportsmen. 1 vol. royal 8vo., with very fine illustrations.

Life of a Fox: written by Himself.

Esq. 12mo., plates.

Life of a Sportsman. By Nimrod.

tions, by Aiken. Royal 8vo.

$7.00

With illustrations, by T. Smith,

$2.25

With 36 finely colored illustra

$12.00

84.75

LLOYD.-Field Sports of the North: comprised in a Personal Narrative of a Residence in Sweden and Norway. 2 vols. 8vo., many plates. MARTINGALE'S Sporting Scenes and Country Characters; with nu

merous illustrations on wood. 1 vol. 8vo.

SHOOTING.

$6.00

GREENER.-The Gun; or a Treatise on the various descriptions of small Fire-Arms. 1 vol. 8vo., plates.

$4.00

HAWKER, LIEUT.-COL.-Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all that relates to Guns and Shooting. 8th edition, corrected and enlarged, with numerous plates and wood cuts, 1 vol. 8vo. 85275

LACY, CAPT.-The Modern Shooter; containing Practical Instructions and Directions for every description of Inland and Coast Shooting. 1 vol. large 8vo., plates and wood cuts. $6 25

Shooter's Hand-Book.

Guide." 1 vol. 8vo., plates.

By the Author of "The Oakleigh Shooting

$1.38

WILSON.-The Rod and the Gun; two Treatises on Angling and Shooting. 1 vol. 8vo., numerous plates.

$3 00

Sporting Scenes and Sundry Sketches; being the Miscellaneous Writings of J. Cypress, Jr. Edited by Frank Forester. 2 vols. 12mo., fine engravings. New-York. Reduced to 81 75

Sporting Almanac, and Oracle of Rural Life, for 1842. Very fine

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Wild Sports of the West; with Legendary Tales and Local Sketches.

12mo., plates.

$1.87

4. Geology, Mineralogy, Crystallography, &c. Annales des Mines, ou Recueil de Mémoires sur l'Expoitation des Mines, et sur les Sciences et les Arts qui s'y rapportent, for 1842. 2 large vols. 8vo.

8575

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ARTIS.-Antediluvian Phytology, illustrated by a collection of the fossil remains of the Plants of Great Britain. 1 vol. 4to., plates. BAKEWELL.-An Introduction to Geology, intended to convey a practical knowledge of the science. 3d American from the 5th London edition. I vol. 8vo. BECHE.-Researches in Theoretical Geology, with a Preface and Notes, by Dr. Hitchcock. 1 vol. 12mo. New-York.

How to Observe-Geology. 1 vol. 8vo. 138 cuts.

$3.50

$1.25

$3.25

BECK.-Mineralogy of New-York; comprising detailed descriptions of the Minerals hitherto found in the State of New-York, and Notices of their Uses in the Arts and Manufactures. Large 4to., numerous engravings. New-York.

BEUDANT.-Cours Elementaire de Minéralogie. 12mo.

$4.00

50c.

BISCHOF.-Physical, Chemical, and Geological Researches on the Internal Heat of the Globe. Vol. 1, 8vo. (All published.)

BOASE.

$3.00

$2.00

A Treatise on Primary Geology, being an Examination, both Practical and Theoretical, of the older formations. I vol. 8vo. BUCKLAND.-Geology and Mineralogy considered in reference to Natural Theology. 2 vols. 8vo., plates.

American edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Philadelphia.........

Reduced to $9 00 ..87 00

83 00

Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. Tom. X., 8vo., maps. $1 50 BURAT.--Géologie Appliquée, ou Traité de la Recherche et de l'Exploitation des Mineraux Utiles. 8vo., fine engravings. BURR.-The Elements of Practical Geology, as applicable to Mining, Engineering, &c. with Notices of the Mines and Mineral Productions of Great Britain. 12mo. cuts and colored maps. CLEAVELAND-An Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology.

$1.88

$5.50

2d edition, 2 vols. 8vo., half bound. Boston. Very scarce. COAL.-The History and Description of Fossil Fuel, the Collieries, and Coal Trade, of Great Britain. 2d edition, large 8vo., many cuts.

$4.50

WILLIAMS.—The Combustion of Coal, and the Prevention of Smoke chemically and practically considered. Svo., atlas and plates.

83 25

Report on the Prevention of Accidents in Coal Mines. Folio. $1 50 COZZENS.-A Geological History of Manhattan or New-York Island, together with a Map of the Island, and a suite of sections, tables and columns, for the Study of Geology. 8vo. New-York. $1 50 CUVIER.-Essay on the Theory of the Earth; with Mineralogical Notes, by Prof. Jameson. To which are added, Observations on the Geology of North Ameri ca, by Prof. S. L. Mitchill. 8vo. New-York. $2.00

DANA.-A System of Mineralogy, including an extended Treatise on Crystallography. A new and enlarged edition, with numerous illustrations: forming the most complete treatise of the kind extant. In Press. Wiley & Putnam, N. Y.

DARWIN.-The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs. Being the First Part of the Geology of the Voyage of the Beagle, during the years 1832 to 1836. 8vo. maps. $5.00

EMMONS.-Geology of New-York, Part 2, comprising the survey of the Second Geological District. Large 4to., with numerous engravings. New York. $4.00

Geology and Geologists: or, Visions of Philosophers in the Nineteenth Century. 8vo. London.

83c.

FORBES. (Geological) Travels through the Alps of Savoy, and other

Parts of the Pennine Chain, with Observations on the Phenomena of Glaciers. 1 vol. 8vo. many cuts and fine plates.

$8.25

Geological Cosmogony; or, an Examination of the Geological Theory

of the origin and antiquity of the Earth, and of the causes and object of the changes it has undergone. By a Layman. 18mo. New York.

42c

Geological Report of the State of New-York. See Beck, Emmons,

and Vanurem.

Geologist (The); a Monthly Record of Investigations and Discoveries in Geology, Mineralogy, and their associate sciences. Edited by Charles Moxon. Vol. 1, 8vo., plates. 34.00 GRIFFIN. A System of Crystallography, with its application to Min.

eralogy. 1 vol. 8vo.

$375

Outlines of Mineralogy, Geology, and Crystallography, 12mo. 25c. Hand-Book of Geology; being a concise and general view of the

science. 18mo.

25c

The Little Geologist: or First Book of Geology. By Rev.

T. Wilson. 32mo. col'd maps.

88c.

The Little Mineralogist: or First Book of Mineralogy. By Rev. T. Wilson. 22mo. colored plates.

88c.

HARCOURT.-The Doctrine of the Deluge, vindicating the Scriptural account from the doubts which have been recently cast upon it by Geological Speculations. 2 vols. 8vo.

$9.00

$11 00

HAWKINS.-The Book of the Great Sea-Dragons, Ichthyosauri, and
Plesiosauri, Extinct Monsters of the Ancient Earth. With 30 plates, copied from skeletons in
the author's collection of Fossil Organic Remains. 1 vol. folio. Scarce.
HITCHCOCK.-Elementary Geology. 2d edition, with an Introductory
Notice by John Pye Smith, D.D. 1 vol. 8vo. New York.

$1.25

Final Report of the Geology of Massachusetts; containing the Scientific and Economic Geology. 2 vols. 4to. plates. Northampton. Published at $13, now offered at $7 00

Report on the Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, and Zoology of Massachusetts. I thick vol. royal Svo. numerous cuts, with a book of views. Amherst. 83 50 Address to the American Geological Association. 8vo. i; 25c. HIGGINS. The Earth! its Physical Condition, and most remarkable

Phenomena. 1 vol. 12mo. New York.

50c.

Book of Geology; being an Elementary Treatise on that Science. To which is added, an account of the Geology of the English Watering-Places. 12mo. colored plates.

$2.00

HUMBLE.-Dictionary of Geology and Mineralogy, comprising such terms in Botany, Chemistry, Comparative Anatomy, Conchology, Entomology, Palæontology, Zoology, and other branches of Natural History, as are connected with the study of Geology 8vo. $3.00

$2.25

HUMBOLDT.-A Geognostical Essay on the Superposition of Rocks in both Hemispheres. 1 vol. 8vo. JAMESON.-Mineralogy according to the Natural History System. [Re

printed from the Encylopædia Britannica.] Small 8vo.

81 50

50c.

KOBELL.-Instructions for the Discrimination of Minerals by simple
Chemical Experiments. 8vo.
LEITHART.-Practical Observations on the Mechanical Structure,
Mode of Formation, the Repletion or filling up, and the Intersection and Relative Age of Mine-
ral Veins; with the application of several new Theoretical principles to the art of Mining.
With numerous illustrations, 8vo.

$1.50

LYELL.-Elements of Geology. First American edition, 8vo. bound,

numerous engravings. Philad.

$1.25

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