944. Stearns, Samuel. The American Oracle. Account of Recent Discoveries in the Arts and Sciences, etc. Calf, loose, 625 pp. + Index. Contains accounts of Funeral Customs in America, Mineral Waters, Rattlesnakes, Black Snakes, Vipers and Mad Dogs—how to cure their Bites—lists of Birds, Beasts and Fishes; much on Quakers; account of the Swedenborghers, raising Grapes, etc. Title-page mended. N. York, 1791.$2.75
945. Taylor, Joseph. Naturales Curiosæ. Curiosities in Natural History. Taken from Authentic Reports of Eminent Travellers. 12mo, boards, uncut. London, 1819.$1.75
946. Thompson, Zadock. History of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical. Illus. by 200 woodcuts, map out, 652 pp., fine copy. First ed. Burlington, 1842.$2.75
947. Thoreau, Henry D. Walden; or, Life in the Woods. The rare first edition of his Masterpiece, which sells for from $20.00 to $40.00. 12mo, original cloth. Boston, 1854.$12.00
947A. Turton, W. British Fauna, Containing Compendium of Zoology of the British Islands, Arranged According to the Linnæan System. Vol. 1. Mammalia, Birds, Amphibia, Fishes and Worms. (All published.) First ed. 12mo, half calf, 230 pp., very scarce. Swansea, 1807.$5.00
948. Turton’s Linnaeus. A General System of Nature Through Three Grand Kingdoms of Animals, Vegetables and Minerals, Systematically Divided etc., etc. By Sir Charles Linne. Trans. from Gmelin, Fabricius, Willdenow, with Modern Arrangements and Corrections, a Life of Linne, Copper-plates and Dictionary of Terms, by William Turton, M. D. In 7 vols., half calf, marbled boards, very fine set. London, 1806.$15.00
948A. White, Rev. Gilbert (of Selborne). A Naturalist’s Calendar, with Observations in Various Branches of Natural History, Extracted from Papers of the late Rev. G. White. Never before published. First edition. Boards, 170 pp., col. frontis., very scarce and rarely found. London, 1795.$16.00
948B. White, Rev. Gilbert. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton. To which are added, The Naturalist’s Calendar, Observations on Various Parts of Nature, and Poems. New ed., with Engravings. 4to, orig. boards rebound in half mor., uncut, 588 pp., 12 plates, including the rare folding frontis. view of Selborne, and rare colored plate of Hybrid Pheasant. London, 1813.$12.00
949. White, Rev. Gilbert. Natural History of Selborne. With Additions by Sir Wm. Jardine. 12mo, half mor., first Jardine ed., frontis., 343 pp. Book-plate of W. Russell West, Phila. Artist. Edinburgh, 1829.$3.00
950. White, Rev. G. The Natural History of Selborne. Arranged for Young Persons. 12mo, ppr. label, first ed., in this form, rare, wood engravings by Thompson, vignette on title-page, uncut, 316 pp. London, 1833.$1.75
951. White, Gilbert. Natural History of Selborne, with Additions and Supplementary Notes by Sir Wm. Jardine. Illus. Biographical Sketch and Index by Edw. Jesse. 12mo, full-page woodcuts. London, 1870.$1.75
952. White. Other, Extra Illus. And Rare Editions of Selborne quoted.
953. Wilson, Alex. The Naturalist. Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5. A series written by Wilson and published in The Portfolio. Vol. 2 for 1809. All issued in that volume. 4 articles. The lot,$1.25
954. Wyatt, Thos. Synopsis Of Natural History. Embracing Animals, Physiology, Botany and Geology. Trans. from French of Lemmonnier. With Additions from Cuvier, Lacepede, etc. 191 pp., 49 plates, fine copy of a rare book. Phila., 1839.$3.00
955. Adanson, M. Familles des Plantes Contenant Une Preface Istorike (etc.). Tot generibus Erbarum, utilitatibus hominum (etc.). Fine set. 2 vols., 1125 pp., calf, folding plate. Paris, 1763.$4.75
956. Allen, J. F. Victoria Regia. The Great Water Lily of America, with a Brief Account of its Discovery and Introduction into Cultivation. With Illus. by William Sharp, from specimens grown at Salem, Mass., U. S. A. Royal folio, orig. pr. boards, 6 colored plates, 17 pp., of text, complete. Boston, printed and published for the Author, 1854.$12.00
957. Allen, Grant. Flowers and Their Pedigrees. Vignette on Title page, illus., 266 pp., fine copy, as new. N. Y., 1884.$1.25
958. Apgar, A. C., Prof. Collection of Mounted and Identified Plants, collected near Trenton by Allena R. Slack. From Prof. Apgar’s Collection. 300 specimens in half roan 4to portfolio.$2.00
959. Babbington, Chas. C. Manual of British Botany, containing Flowering Plants and Ferns Arranged According to the Natural Orders. 12mo, 400 pp., good copy. London, 1843.$1.75
960. Baines’ Flora of Yorkshire. Supplement to. Part 1, Flowering Plants and Ferns by J. G. Baker. Part 2, Mosses of the County, by John Nowell. Boards, paper label, 188 pp., colored map. London, 1854.$2.50
961. Barton, B. S. Elements of Botany; or, Outlines of Nat. Hist. of Vegetables. Revised and Corrected, etc., by the English Editor. Half mor., gilt top, 344 pp. plus Appendix, plates. London, 1804.$3.00
962. Barton, Benj. Smith, M. D. Elements of Botany; or, Outlines of the Natural History of Vegetables. Illus. by 40 Engravings. New ed., revised and condensed. With an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, by Wm. P. C. Barton, M. D. Sheep, 299 pp. Phila., 1836.$2.75
963. Barton, John. A Lecture on the Geography of Plants. Boards, uncut, 94 pp. Folding plates, scarce. London, 1827.$3.00
964. Barton, Wm. P. C. Compendium Floræ Philadelphiæ, containing a Description of the Indigenous and Naturalized Plants Found within a Circuit of Ten Miles around Phila. 2 vols., 12mo, sheep. Phila., 1818.$3.00
965. Bauhin, G. Histoire des Plantes de L’Europe, et des Plus Usitees qui viennent d’Asie, d’Afrique et d’Amerique. 2 vols., 12mo, sheep, 866 pp., many old woodcuts, very scarce. Lyon, 1753.$6.00
966. Beauties and Wonders of Vegetable Life, Etc. 12mo, 280 pp., numerous illus. London (circa.), 1870.$1.75
967. Bigelow, Jacob. Florula Bostoniensis. A Collection of Plants of Boston and its Environs, with their Generic and Specific Characters, Synonyms, Descriptions, Places of Growth, Time of Flowering, and Occasional Remarks. 268 pp., orig. boards, paper label, uncut, first ed. Very rare in this state. Boston, 1814.$4.75
968. Bigelow, Jacob. Same, Second Ed., Greatly Enlarged. Also a Glossary of the Botanical Terms employed in the work. Old calf. Boston, 1824.$3.00
969. Bigelow, Jacob. Same, Third Ed., 12mo, with double the matter, covering all Massachusetts. Boston, 1840.$2.00
970. Bigelow, Jacob. An Introduction to Physiological and Systematic Botany. By James Edward Smith, M. D., etc. First Amer. from the Second English Ed., with Notes by Jacob Bigelow, M. D. 15 plates engraved in Phila., boards, uncut, fine copy. Boston, 1814.$2.00
971. Botanical Gazette. Edited by John M. Coulter and Others. 2 vols., XXI and XXII complete, in parts. Orig. paper covers. Madison and Chicago, 1896.$4.00
972. Botanical Lectures by a Lady. (M. E. J.) Altered from Botanical Dialogues for the Use of Schools, etc. Boards, cracked, uncut, 243 pp., 12 plates. London, 1804.$2.75
973. Botanical Rambles Designed as Introduction to Study of Botany. 12mo, boards, uncut, 218 pp., frontis. London, 1822.$1.75
974. Botanical Society of Edinburgh. Transactions and Proceedings of. Vols. 18 to 22, inclus., complete; also parts 1 and 2 of vol. 23. In orig. pr. covers, as issued, illus. Edinburgh, 1891-1905.$5.00
975. Botanical Society of Pennsylvania. Transactions and Proceedings of. Vol. 1, complete in 3 parts, as issued, rare, pr. covers, illus. Phila., 1898, ’99, 1901, ’04.$4.00
976. Botanischen Vereins in Landshut, Bericht Des. Vols. 11 To 16, inclus.; vol. 14 lacking. 5 complete vols. Orig. paper covers, illus. Landshut, 1889 to 1901. The lot,$3.00
977. Botanischen Vereins der Provinz Brandenburg. Vols. 31 to 40, inclus., lacks vol. 45 only. Contains also Index, vols. 1 to 30, inclus. Orig. paper covers, illus. 10 vols. Berlin, 1889 to 1898. The lot,$8.00
978. The Botanist’s Calendar and Pocket Flora, with References to the Best Figures of British Plants. 2 vols. in 1. 12mo, calf, 396 pp. plus index. Engraved half title, fine old calf copy of first ed. London, 1797.$3.50
979. Botany of Odessa, Russia. Title and Author’s Name in Russian characters. Latin Index only clue to the contents. Vol. of 385 pp. Odessa, 1903.$1.50
980. Blanco, Manuel. Flora de Filipinas, Adicionada con el Manuscrito Inedito del P. Fr. Ignacio Mercado las Obras del P. Fr. Antonio Llanos y de un Apendice con Todos las Neuvas Investig. Botanicas referentes Archipelago Filipino. Gran Edicion hecha a expensas de la Provin. de Augustinos Calzados de Filipinas bajo la direction Cientifica del P. Fr. Andres Naves. Royal folios, 4 vols. of Text and 2 vols. of 480 finely executed and colored plates representing the Plant, its Flower, Seeds, etc., in development. These were originally issued in 80 parts by subscription at $320.00 the set. They were edited by Sr. Domingo Vidal y Soler, Ingeneria de Montes, and continued at his death, by his brother, to completion. Printed on heavy hand-made deckle-edged paper and are bound in the original red morocco, gilt-tooled backs, and red, black and gold illuminated cloth, heavy board sides, gilt tops, uncut. The plates are loose in open-bound folders to match the Text. Owing to the Destruction of the Remainder of the edition during the Bombardment of the Philippine ports by Dewey, only about 300 copies of the work were distributed. I have recently purchased from the widow of Senor Vidal the few unused copies which escaped destruction, because of their being in the United States during the Spanish-American War. The rapidly increasing American interest in the wonderful Botany of our Island Possessions makes this Monumental Work a necessity in our Reference Libraries. Manila, 1877-90.$165.00
981. Bluff, M. J., et Fingerhuth, C. A. Compendium Floræ Germaniæ. 4 vols. Stout 16mo, half calf. Vols. 1 and 2, being second ed., and 3 and 4 of the first ed. Uniform contemporary binding. Fine set, complete. Norinbergæ, 1836, ’38, ’31 and ’33.$3.00
982. Brandegee, T. S. Plants from Baja, California, With Papers by Drs. Vasey, Millspaugh, etc. Repr. from Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Series 2, vol. II. Author’s ed., with his autogr. Pr. covers. Nov., 1889.$1.50
983. Brereton, J. A. Flora Columbiana, a Prodromus of, Exhibiting a List of all the Plants which have as yet been Collected. 16mo, orig. pr. yellow covered boards, cloth back, uncut, imprint on cover, “Washington, Printed for George Templeman, [etc.], 1831;” on the title page, “Washington, Printed by Jonathan Elliot, [etc.], 1830.” A very fine copy of this rarity.$5.00
984. Brewer and Watson. California Botany. Geolog. Survey. Botany. Vol. 1, Polypetalæ, by W. H. Brewer and S. Watson. Gamopetalea, by Asa Gray. 4to, 628 pp., very scarce before the ’Frisco fire; now more so. Cambridge, Mass., 1876.$8.00
985. Brisseau-Mirbel, C. F. Elemens de Physiologie Vegetale et de Botanique. 3 vols., illus., half mor., 71 plates and chart. Paris, 1815.$2.00
986. Britton, N. L. Preliminary Catalogue of the Flora of New Jersey. Compiled by N. L. Britton, with the assistance of Eminent Botanists. 233 pp. Prof. A. C. Apgar’s private interleaved and annotated copy, with much plant data of value throughout. New Brunswick, 1881.$2.75
987. Britton, N. L. Catalogue of Plants of New Jersey. Copy in orig. paper covers. N. J. Geol. Surv. separated edition. 642 pp. Trenton, 1889.$1.50
988. Britton and Others. List of the Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta growing without cultivation in Northeastern N. America. Memoirs Torrey Botan. Club., vol. 5. Printed covers, 377 pp., with Index. N. Y., 1893-94.$2.00
989. Buchoz, Dr. P. J. (Botanic Physician of Paris). The Sumptuous illustrations of Natural History, relating chiefly to Botany and Horticulture. For a full description see under General Natural History in this Catalog. 10 vols. in 6, folio, half mor., Paris, 1781-88. Reduced from $285.00 to$150.00
990. (Burgis, John). Myrianthea; or, Numberless Groups of Changeable Flowers. Intended to Teach Art of Composing, Drawing and Colouring Groups of Flowers, etc. 4to, orig. boards, uncut, 16 pp., plate, colored cuts, very rare. London, n. d.$3.50
991. Castle, Thos. (F. L. S). Introduction to Systematic and Physiol. Botany. 12mo, paper label, 9 plates, first ed., 285 pp. London, 1829.$1.50
992. Catalogus Stirpium in Exteris Regionibus a Nobis Observatarum, Quae vel non omnino ven parce admodum in Anglia Sponte proveniunt. 12mo, paper, 115 pp., very rare. Londini, 1673.$5.00
993. Chapman, A. W. Flora of the Southern U. S. New Half Roan, first edition. N. York, 1860.$3.00
994. Cosson and Germain. Flore Descriptive et Analytique des Environs de Paris ou Description des Plantes. 2 parts in 1 vol., 12mo, half roan, and atlas of 41 plates, 12mo, half cloth. 2 vols. Paris, 1845.$2.00
995. Coulter, J. M. Botany of Western Texas. A Manual of the Phanerogams and Pteridophytes of, being vol. II. Contrib. from U. S. Nat. Herbarium. Half mor., cracked, 588 pp. Wash., 1891, ’94.$3.00
996. Coville, F. V. Botany of Death Valley Expedition, California. Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herbarium, vol. 4. Orig. paper covers, uncut, 22 plates, 320 pp., and map of this unique region. Wash., 1893.$1.50
997. Curtis, Wm. Lectures on Botany, as Delivered to his Pupils. Arranged by Samuel Curtis, Florist, Walworth. 2 vols., 8vo, half calf, pp. 131 + 114, 95 hand-colored plates and fine stipple portrait of W. Curtis as frontis. to vol. 1. Good copy, slightly foxed, rare. London, 1803, 1804.$12.00
998. Daniels, Francis P. Univ. of Missouri Studies. Vol I, No. 2. Flora of Columbia, Missouri and Vicinity. Royal 8vo, paper covers, uncut, folding map, 317 pp. Columbia, 1907.$1.50
999. Darby, John. Botany of the Southern States. Preceded by a Linnæan Analysis. 12mo, 612 pp., illus. N. York, 1856.$1.50
1000. Darlington, Wm. of Penna., the Noted Botanist. Dissertation on Mutual Influence of Habits and Disease. Inaugural Thesis at the University of Pennsylvania, June, 1804. For Degree of Doctor of Medicine. Stitched, 35 pp., very rare. Phila., 1804.$3.50
1001. Darlington, Wm. Flora Cestrica; or, Herborizing Companion for the Young Botanists of Chester County, State of Penna. 498 pp., 12mo, half mor., map, inserted portrait of author, being proof engraving, bank-note vignette style. On half-title is written in pencil his autograph presentation inscription. Fine copy. Phila., 1853.$6.00
1002. Darlington, Wm. Flora Cestrica, Plants of Chester Co., Pa. First ed., full calf, colored map, good copy of the rare ed. 12mo, sheep. West Chester, Pa., 1837.$2.75
1003. Darlington, Wm. A Lecture on Botany Read Before the Ladies’ Botan. Soc., at Wilmington, Del. 24 pp., paper, very rare. 1844.$3.00
1004. Darlington, Wm. Memorials of John Bartram and Humphrey Marshall, with notices of their Botanical Contemporaries. Illus., 585 pp., fine copy. Phila., 1849.$5.75
1005. Davies, Hugh, F. L. S. Welsh Botanology. Part the First. A Systematic Catalogue of the Native Plants of the Isle of Anglesey, in Latin, English and Welsh. Also Appendix. Boards, uncut, 255 pp., paper labels. Printed for the Author. London, 1813.$2.25
1006. Deakin, R. Flora of the Colosseum of Rome. Illus. and Descript. of 420 Plants growing upon the Ruins of the Colosseum. 12mo, colored illus., full gilt. London, 1873.$1.25
1007. De Candolle, Aug. P. Vegetable Organography; or, an Analytical Description of the Organs of Plants. Trans. by B. Kingdon. 2 vols., second ed., uncut, 23 plates. London, 1841.$3.00
1008. (De Serra, Abbe Correa.) Reduction of all the Genera of Plants contained in the Catalogus Plantarum Americæ Septentrionalis of Dr. Muhlenburg. Uncut, paper. Phila., 1815.$1.75
1009. Dillingham, Wm. H. A Tribute to the Memory of Peter Collinson, with some Notice of Dr. Darlington’s Memorials of John Bartram and Humphrey Marshall. Second ed., with additional Notes and Appendix. Frontis., fine lithogr. portrait of P. Collinson, 48 pp., orig. pr. covers. Phila., 1852.80c.
1010. Donaghe, M. Virginia. Colorado Favorites. With 6 Full-Page Hand-colored Illus. by Alice Stewart. 4to, calf, 19 pp. N. York, 1882.$3.00
1011. [Duppa, R.] The Classes and Orders of the Linnæan System of Botany. Illus. by Select Specimens of Foreign and Indigenous Plants. 3 vols. Royal 8vo, half mor. and boards, uncut, 229 plates, 549 pp.+Dictionary, Index, etc. Very rare. London, 1816.$8.00
1012. Eaton, Amos. Manual of Botany for N. America. Indigenous Plants and Common Cultivated Exotics, Growing North of the Gulf of Mexico. Seventh Ed., with Improved Grammar and Dictionary, and 500 New Species, Chiefly from the Oregon and Arctic Regions. 797 pp., calf, rare. Albany, 1836.$3.75
1013. Economy of Vegetation; or, Phenomena of Plants. By a Fellow of the Linnæan Soc. Lacks back cover, 175 pp., illus. London, 1838.$1.50
1014. Flora’s Dictionary. [By a Lady of Baltimore.] Published by Fielding Lucas, Jr. Title-page executed in colors by hand, being a Humming Bird enclosed by a wreath of highly colored flowers. There are 57 other hand colored plates. The text is printed on pink, green, buff and blue tinted paper, 136 and 87 pp. Bound in brown Turkey mor., gilt figured and edged. Size 4to. With this goes another edition, dated 1832, with engraved and printed title-page, not illus., but interleaved for that purpose with blank paper. Printed from different type than the preceding. In pr. board covers, mor. back, gilt edges. The 2 vols., 4to, uniform. Baltimore, n. d. (circa. 1832).$4.75
1015. Flora of Nebraska. Webber, J. Herbert. Catalogue of Protophyta-Anthophyta. Pp. 175-302, rare. Annual Report of Nebraska State Board of Agric. for 1889, prepared by R. W. Furnas. Lincoln, 1890.$1.75
1016. Flora of Nebraska. Edited by the Botanical Seminar of the Univ. of Nebraska. Parts 1, 2 and 21 only, in orig. covers, illus. Lincoln, 1894.$1.00
1017. Floral Cabinet, The, and Magazine of Exotic Botany. Conducted by G. B. Knowles and Fredk. Westcott. 3 vols. (all published), 4to, half roan, several double-page colored plates of Orchids, etc. 137 colored plates in all. London, 1837-1840.$12.00
1018. Flores des Jardinieres Amateurs et Manufacturies d’apres les Dessins de Bessa. Colored plates, 3 vols. bound in 2, 4to, half roan. Most beautiful engravings and colored copper plates. “Extraits de Therbier de l’Amateur.” Paris, 1836.$3.50
1019. Flowers. A Series of Progressive Lessons, Intended to Elucidate the Art of Flower Painting in Water Colours. Folio, half roan, paper label, 32 pp., 12 hand-colored plates of Flowers. Phila., 1835.$2.75
1020. Four Seasons, The. A Short Account of the Structure of Plants. Four Lectures written for the Working Men’s Institute in Paris. (By S. M. F.) 4to, 75 pp., illus. by 3 colored plates and cuts. London, 1865.$1.75
1021. Francis, G. W. The Little English Flora. Third ed., enlarged. 12mo, 213 pp., plates. London, 1849.$2.50
1022. Francis, G. W. Same. Second ed., enlarged. 213 pp., plates, foxed. London, 1842.$2.50
1023. Genlis, Madame de. La Botanique Historique et Litteraire. 2 vols. 12mo, old calf, scarce. Paris, 1810.$1.75
1024. Gerarde’s Famous Herbal. Humphry Marshall’s Autograph Copy. “The Herball, or General Historie of Plantes Gathered by John Gerarde of London, Master of Chirurgerie.” A large, thick folio, old calf, rebacked, engraved title-page and portrait and illus. by hundreds of quaint woodcuts. There are 20 unnumbered pages of dedication, etc. (including title and portrait, each of which bears text on reverse) apparently complete. “The First Booke of the Historie of Plants” starts with page 1, and the pagination runs consecutively thence to page 1392, “The Ende of the Third and Last Booke.” Then follows 71 unnumbered pages of Index, etc. The condition of the body of the book averages good, but the pages at beginning and end are loose, dog-eared, margins damaged and some stained. This was the celebrated Humphry Marshall’s copy and bears his autograph inscription. “Humphry Marshall. His Book Bought at Dr. McDowells Vendue. The 14th of August, 1755. Price £2/15.” On the next leaf (the first numbered page of the work) Marshall has again written his name in large flowing hand. There are MS. notes in an early hand on margins above and below the portrait and elsewhere in the book. Imprinted at London by John Norton, 1597.$145.00
1025. Graefer, Charles. A Descriptive Catalogue of Herbaceous and Perennial Climbing Plants, with List of Hardy Ferns, etc. Boards, uncut, 168 pp., very scarce. Nottingham, 1816.$3.00
1026. Grant, (Capt. B.) The Orchids of Burmah and Andaman Islands, with Index of Technical Terms, Genera, and Species (10s. 6d.). Rangoon, 1895.$1.50
1027. Gray, Asa, M. D. Botanical Text-Book for Colleges, Schools and Private Students. 2 parts in 1 vol. Part I, Intro. to Structural and Physiological Botany. Part II, Principles of Systematic Botany. Illus. with numerous Engravings on wood, rare first ed., fine copy, 12mo, 413 pp. N. York, 1842.$3.00
1028. Gray, Asa. Synoptical Flora of N. America. The Gamopetalæ. 2 vols. in 1. Vol. I, part II, and Vol. II, part I. Royal 8vo, tall copy, nearly 1000 pp. The second and best ed. with revisions and nearly 100 additional pages by the author. Published by Smiths. Inst. New York, 1886.$4.75
1029. Gray. Another Copy. Paper, Uncut, Wash., 1888.$3.00
1030. Gray, Asa. Genera FLoræ Americæ Boreali-Orientalis Illustrata. The Genera of the Plants of U. S., illus. by Isaac Sprague. Superintended and with Descriptions, etc., by Asa Gray, M. D. Vol. 1, plates 1-100. Vol. 2, plates 101-186. Complete, scarce. 2 vols., 186 engraved plates. New York, 1849.$10.00
1031. Gray, Asa. M. D. Manual of the Botany of the Northern U. S., from New England to Wisconsin and South to Ohio and Penna., inclus. (The Mosses and Liverworts by Wm. S. Sullivant.) Very rare, uncut, 710 pp. Boston, 1848.$3.75
1032. Gray, Samuel F. A Natural Arrangement of British Plants According to their Relations to Each Other as Pointed Out by Jussieu, De Candolle, Brown, etc., with an Introduction to Botany. 2 vols., boards, uncut, 824+757 pp., colored plates. London, 1821.$6.00
1033. Green, Jacob. Transactions of the Society for Promotion of Useful Arts, in the State of New York. Vol. 3, old calf, contains Jacob Green’s Catalog of Plants Indigenous to N. York. Pp. 91+136. Also Address by Dr. Beck, Eulogium on R. R. Livingston, etc. Very rare. Albany, 1814.$5.00
1034. Grew, Nehemiah. The Anatomy of Plants, and Other Lectures read before the Royal Soc. Folio, orig. old calf, covers loose, contents fine, 304 pp.+Index, 83 copper plates, showing magnified sections of trees, plants, flowers, seeds, etc. Very rare. Pr. for the Author, 1682.$10.00
1035. Grindon, Leo H. Echoes in Plants and Flower Life. 12mo, 123 pp. London, 1849.$1.25
1036. Grindon, Leo H. Manchester Walks and Wild Flowers, Etc. 12mo, pr. covers, full gilt, vignettes, very scarce. London (1859).$2.00
1037. Grindon, Leo H. Manual of British and Foreign Plants, with their Latin and English Names, etc. 12mo, gilt, 271 pp. Lon., 1861.$1.75
1038. Grisebach, A. Catalogus Plantarum Cubensium Exhibens Collectionem Wrightianam Aliasque Minores ex Insula Cuba Missas. Pr. paper covers, uncut, unopened, 300 pp. Lipsiæ, 1866.$2.75
1039. Hall, R., M. D. Elements of Botany, or, an Introduction to the Sexual System of Linnæus, with an English Botanical Dictionary. Paper, 219 pp., illus. London, 1802.$2.25
1040. Henderson, Peter. Handbook of Plants. 410 pp., tall 8vo, first ed. New York, 1881.$1.25
1041. Henfrey, Arthur. The Vegetation of Europe, Its Conditions and Causes. 12mo, uncut, unopened, colored map. London, 1852.$2.50
1042. Henslow, Rev. J. S. Le Bouquet des Souvenirs. Full mor., full gilt, 216 pp., 25 colored plates, rare. London, 1840.$4.00
1043. Hooker, Sir W. J. Niger Flora. Plants of Western Tropical Africa, Collected by T. Vogel, Botanist to the Expedition to the River Niger, in 1841, Including Spicilegia Gorgonea, by P. B. Webb, and Flora Nigritiana, by Dr. J. D. Hooker, and G. Bentham. Ed. by W. J. Hooker, 587 pp., 2 views, map and 50 plates, rare. Fine copy. London, 1849.$4.00
1044. Hooker, W. J. The British Flora, Comprising the Phaenogamous or Flowering Plants and Ferns. Third ed., with additions and corrections. Boards, uncut, paper label, best edition. London, 1835.$2.00
1045. Hooker, W. J. Same. Second Ed. Half mor. London, 1831.$1.25
1046. Hooker, W. J. Flora Boraeli-Americana, or, Botany of Northern Parts of Br. America, etc. Illus. with numerous Plates. 4to, pr. paper covers, first 6 plates and covers of part 1; parts 3, 9, 10 as issued, uncut, 4 pieces.$3.50
1047. Hooker, W. J. Kew Gardens, or, a Popular Guide to the Royal Botanical Gardens of Kew. Tenth Ed. 12mo, paper, 60 pp., indexed, illus. with plan and cuts. London, 1851.$1.75
1048. Hooker, W. J. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, Conducted by Capt. James C. Ross, in Her Majesty’s Ships Erebus and Terror, with Observations on the Tussac Grass of the Falkland Islands. Paper covers, uncut, 83 pp., 1 folding plate, author’s autogr. pres. copy to Queen Adelaide. London, 1843.$1.25
1049. Hudson, G. Flora Anglica Exhibens Plantas per Regnum Britanniæ sponte Crescentes, etc. 2 vols. in 1. Editio Altera, Emended, etc. Boards, 690 pp., very scarce. Londini, 1778.$4.50
1050. Humboldt, (A. de), et A. Bonpland. Monographie des Melastomacees Comprenant Toutes les Plantes de Cet Ordre recueillies Jusqua ce Jour, et notamment au Mexique, dans l’ile de Cuba, dans les Provinces de Caracas, de Cumana et de Barcelone, aux Andes de la Nouvelle Grendæ, de Quito et du Perou et sur les Bords du Rio-Negro de l’Orenoque et de la riviere des Amazons Miseen Ordre par A. Bonpland. Preface by Bonpland, descriptive letter-press, 186 pp. and 75 large and fine plates beautifully colored. Imperial folio, cloth, boards, in fine, bright condition, uncut. Melastoma and Rhexia complete. Paris, 1808-1823.$7.00
1051. Humboldt. Same, including the first two parts, 30 plates, with text on the Genus Melastoma and the first part with text of the Genus Rhexia, 19 plates. These are bound in half mor., folio, with the two original green paper covers of parts showing the date of the issue to be Paris, 1808. 49 plates.$2.00
1052. Humphrey, James Ellis. The Development of the Seed in the Scitamineæ. (Excerpt from Annals of Botany, Vol. X, 1896.) Paper covers, 40 pp., 4 folding plates.$1.00
1053. Irvine, Alex. London Flora. Descriptions of Phaenogamous British Plants growing spontaneously in the vicinity of the Metropolis, Natural System, also Linnæan arrangement of all Indigenous British Species and a Sketch of Botanical Geography. 12mo, uncut, 340 pp., first ed., rare. London, 1838.$2.00
1054. Japanese Botany. Being a fac-simile of a Japanese Book. Illus., boards, rare, English translation. Phila., circa. 1876.$1.25
1055. Jessup, Henry G. Catalogue of Flowering Plants and Cryptograms, Found within 30 Miles of Hanover, N. H. Appended is a List of Vertebrates of the Same Region. 91 pages, map, fine copy. Author’s autogr. pres. copy.$1.50
1056. Jussieu, Antonie de, Medici Editor. Plantæ per Galliam, Hispaniam et Italiani, Observatæ, Iconibus Aeneis exhibitæ a Jacobo Barreliero. Opus Posthumum. A thick folio of 1316 quarter-plates of Plants, 8 of animals and 3 full-page plates of shells; 140 and 28 pp. of text, 2 engraved title pages. A life of Barrelier is prefaced. Old calf, fine copy. Paris, printed by Ganeau, 1714. (R. s.)$8.50
1057. Knowles, G. B., and Westcott, Frederic. The Floral Cabinet and Magazine of Exotic Botany. 3 vols. in 2 (all published), 4to, paneled calf, gilt tooling, numerous colored plates, fine copy, rare. London, 1837-1840 inclusive.$14.50
1058. Knapp, F. H. Botanical Chart of British Flowering Plants and Ferns, with Localities, Properties, etc. 90 pp. Bath, London, 1846.$2.00
1059. Lamarck and De Candolle. Flore Francaise, ou Descript. Succinctes de toutes les Plantes qui croissent Naturellem, en France. Troiseme edit, augmente du Tomre v. ou sixieme volume, cont. 1300. Especes non decrites dans les cincq premiers Volumes. Par Mm. de Lamarck et De Candolle. Accomp. d’une grande Carte Bot. coloriee et orne de 11 Planches cont. env. 200 Figures. 5 vols. in 6. Vol. 4 being in 2 parts, separately bound. A very fine set of this best edition, in half calf and marbled boards and edges, inside and out. Lists 1300 species not given in previous editions. Paris, 1815.$7.00
1060. Language of Flowers, with Illustrative Poetry, Etc., By the Editor of “Forget-Me-Not.” Sixth Amer. ed. 16mo, full roan, full gilt, 360 pp., colored plates. Phila., 1843.$1.25
1061. Lazarus, M. E. Vegetable Portraits of Character, compiled from various sources with original additions. Vol. 1, Comparative Psychology and Universal Analogy. Full gilt stamped mor., full gilt, 263 pp., curious and rare. N. Y., 1851.$1.50
1062. Lessing, C. F. Synopsis Genera Compositarum Earumque Dispositionis Novæ Tentamen Monographis Multarum Capensium Interjectis. 8vo, orig. sheets, uncut, 473 pp., 1 folding plate. Berlin, 1832.$3.25
1063. Lee, James. Introduction to Botany. The Theory of that Science. Extracted from Works of Dr. Linnæus. 12 copper plates, enlarged, third ed., calf. London, 1746, and other editions.$1.00
1064. Lindley, J. Introduction to Natural System of Botany. 2 plates, boards, uncut, first Amer. ed. with appendix by John Torrey, catalogue of N. A. Genera, fine copy. New York, 1831.$1.50
1065. Lindley, J. An Introduction to Botany. Fourth edition. 2 vols., uncut, copper plates and wood engrs. Autogr. copy of H. Coultas. London, 1848.$1.00
1066. Lindley, J. Ladies’ Botany, or, a Familiar Introduction to the Study of the Natural System of Botany. 25 colored plates, loose in binding, 294 pp., second ed., rare. London, n. d.$3.00
1067. Lindley, J. Synopsis of the British Flora, Containing Vasculares or Flowering Plants. Vol. 1, containing all the Flowering Plants complete in itself. Vol. 2, not pub’d or at a much later date. 12mo, boards, paper label, uncut, 360 pp., very scarce. London, 1829.$2.75
1068. Lindley, J. Translated and Illustrated with Plates and Original Notes by. Observations on the Structure of Fruits and Seeds, from the Analyse du Fruit of L. C. Richard. Paper covers, uncut, 100 pp., 6 plates. London, 1819.$1.50
1069. Linne, Caroli A. Genera Plantarum. Half calf, eighth ed., odd, vol. 2, pp. 439-812, to end, including Index of both vols. Vindobonæ, 1791.$2.00
1070. Linnæi, C. Flora Lapponica Exhibens Plantas per Lapponiam, etc. Vellum, 379 pp., folding plates, very rare, fine copy. Amstelædami, 1737.$9.00
1071. Linnæi, C. Genera Plantarum Eorumque Characteres Naturales Secundum Numerum, Figuram, Situm, et Proportionem, etc. Fourth ed., calf, 500 pp., extra illus. and interleaved. Holmiæ, 1754.$4.00
1072. Linnæi, C. Philosophia Botanica in qua Explicantur Fundamenta Botanica, etc. Calf, cracked, 364 pp., plates. Viennæ, 1755.$2.75
1073. Linneus. A Generic and Specific Description of British Plants, Trans. from the Genera et Species Plantarum of Linneus, with Notes and Observations, etc., by J. Jenkinson. Calf, 258 pp., plates. Kendal, 1775.$2.50
1074. List, C. Outlines of Botany for the use of Schools and Private Learners. 12mo, 162 pp., fully illus. by cuts, half roan. Phila., 1846.$1.50
1075. Loddiges’ Botanical Cabinet, Consisting of Colored Delineations of Plants from all Countries, with a short account of each, Directions for the Management, etc., by Conrad Loddiges & Sons. With 1500 plates beautifully colored by hand, engraved by Geo. Cooke. Vols. 1 to 15, inclusive. 15 vols. 4to, half calf, very scarce. 20 vols. were published at $12.50 per vol. The engraving and color work on these vols. are of the highest order.$27.50
1076. Logan, James. Experiments and Considerations on the Generation of Plants. Trans. from the Original Latin. Preface and Introduction by Dr. John Fothergill. 12mo, orig. boards, 39 pp. The first publication on N. Amer. Botany, very rare. London, 1747.$12.50
1077. Loudon, J. C. Hortus Britannicus. Catalog of all Plants, Indigenous, Cultivated in or introduced to Britain. 2 parts in 1 vol. Part I, Linnæan Arrangement in which nearly 30,000 Species are enumerated, etc. Part II, The Jussieuean Arrangement of nearly 4,000 Genera with Introduction to Natural System, etc. Uncut, 576 pp., good copy. The amount of cyclopædic information packed in this volume is astonishing. London, 1830.$3.50
1078. Lowe, E. J. Beautiful Leaved Plants, Being a Description of the most beautiful Leaved Plants in Cultivation in this Country, to which is added an extended Catalogue. With sixty colored illus. Published at $8.00, fine copy. London, 1868.$3.00
1079. Mac Farlane, J. M. Comparison of the Minute Structure of Plant Hybrids with that of their Parents. Trans. Royal Soc., Edinburgh, vol. 37, part 1, No. 14. 4to, pr. covers, 8 plates, pp. 203 to 286, pub. at $3.00. Author’s autogr. copy to Capt. McIlvaine. Edinburgh, 1892.$1.75
1080. Mac Farlane, J. M. The Sensitive Movements of some Flowering Plants under Colored Screens. Pr. paper covers, 17 pp., from “Botanisches Centralblatt.” Cassell, 1895.$1.00
1081. Macoun, John. Catalogue of Canadian Plants. Part 1, Polypetalæ; part 2, Gamopetalæ; part 3, Apetalæ; part 4, Endogens; part 5, Acrogens; part 6, Musci. Also “List of Canadian Hepaticæ,” by W. H. Pearson. Published by Geol. Sur. of Canada. Paper covers. 7 parts, as issued. Montreal, 1883-90.$3.50
1082. Mann, Horace. Catalogue of the Phenogamous Plants of the U. S. East of the Mississ. R. Also the Vascular Cryptogams of N. America, North of Mexico. Second ed., revised. Pr. paper covers, 54 pp. Cambridge, 1868.$1.25
1083. Martyn, Thos. The Language of Botany. Dictionary of Terms Made Use of, Principally by Linnæus, with Explanations, etc. Second ed., enlarged. Boards. London, 1796.$2.00.
1085. Massachusetts. Report on the Herbaceous Flowering Plants of, arranged according to Lindley and Illustrated by Popular Descriptions. 277 pp., stitched, uncut. Cambridge, 1840.$1.25
1086. Maund, B. The Botanic Garden. Highly Finished Representations of Hardy, Ornamental, Flowering Plants, Cultivated in Great Britain, with accompanying text. Small 4to, 12 vols., 288 full-page hand-colored plates, 4 species to each plate; also 48 colored plates of Fruits and 2682 woodcuts. Published at 24£. Bound in watered silk, full gilt, binding somewhat worn. London, 1825 to 1847.$23.00
1087. Mawe’s Dictionary. The Universal Gardener and Botanist, or, General Dictionary of Gardening and Botany. Exhibiting the botanical arrangement according to Linnæus of Every Tree, Shrub, and Herbaceous Plant that merit Culture. Thick 4to, calf. London, 1778.$1.75
1088. McClatchie, A. J. Seedless Plants of Southern California. Protophytes-Pteridophytes. Proc. So. Calif. Acad. Sci., vol. 1. Pr. covers, pp. 337 to 395, author’s autogr. copy. Los Angeles, 1897.$1.00
1089. McKee, Rev. R. (A. M.) Lectures on Botany, at the Albany Female Academy. Stitched, 20 pp. Albany, 1839.$1.00
1090. Meehan, Thomas. Native Flowers and Ferns of the U. S. Vols. 1 and 2, in 1 vol., three-quarter mor., large paper, uncut, 2 covers of orig. parts bound in, gilt tops, 96 full-page chromolith’s. Boston, 1878.$8.75
1091. Meehan, Thomas. Same. Vol. 1 in orig. paper covers.$2.50
1092. Meehan, Thomas. Same. Vol. 2, lacking part 16, orig. paper covers, uncut.$1.50
1093. Meehan, Thomas. Same. Vol. 4, half mor.$3.50
1094. Meehan, Thomas. Same. Complete set in orig. parts.$12.00
1095. Myers, J. F. F. Outlines of the Geography of Plants. Trans. by Margaret Johnston. First published in Berlin, 1836. Repub. by the Ray Society. 422 pp., chart. London, 1846.$1.50
1096. Michaux, Andreas. Flora Boreali-Americana. Sistens Caracteres Plantarum, etc. 2 vols., 51 plates, half calf, 330+340 pp. Autographs of G. W. Clinton, the noted Botanist, and presented by him to the Albany Institute, N. Y. With their Library stamps on titles and plates. Parisiis et Argentorati, Anno XI—1803.$7.50
1097. Miller, John. Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnæus. 2 vols., engr. title, symbol, frontis., with portrait of Linnæus, and nearly 200 hand-colored plates, half roan, good set. London, 1779-89.$4.50
1098. Miller, J. Same. Binding broken at hinges.$3.50
1099. Miller, J. Vol. 1 only. (Vol. 2 was not published until 10 years later.) Calf, portrait Linnæus. Book-plate G. Gowan. 1779.$1.50
1100. Millican, Albert. Travels and Adventures of an Orchid Hunter. An Account of Camp and Canoe Life in Colombia while Collecting Orchids in the Northern Andes. Illus. by G. Guggenheim from Photos, by the Author. Col. frontis., 222 pp. Much on Shooting and Fishing. London, 1891.$2.50
1101. Millspaugh and Nuttall. Flora of W. Virginia. Paper, 276 pp., map and illus. Pub’d by Field Columbian Museum. Chicago, 1896.$2.00
1102. Milne, Colin. A Botanical Dictionary, or, Elements of Systematic and Philosophical Botany. Containing Descriptions of Parts of Plants, an Explanation of the Scientific Terms used by Morison, Ray, Tournefort, Linnæus, etc. Small 8vo, 10 plates, 1 colored, calf. London, 1770.$1.75
1103. Miner, Harriet. Orchids, the Royal Family of Plants, with illustrations from Nature. Royal folio, full gilt, 24 colored plates, orig. covers bound in. Boston, 1885.$5.00
1104. Minnesota, Botany of. Metaspermæ of the Minnesota Valley. A List of the Higher Seed-producing Plants of the Drainage-Basin of the Minnesota River. By C. McMillan. 826 pp., maps. Minneapolis, 1892.$2.50
1105. Minnesota Botanical Studies. Second Series, parts 1 and 2 only. 1898-99.$1.00
1106. Missouri Botanical Garden. First Report. Shaw Portrait, illus. and chart. 165 pp. St. Louis, 1889.$1.25
1107. Missouri Botanical Garden. Trelease, Wm. Third Ann. Report. The Species of Rumex occurring North of Mexico. April, 1892. Stiff paper covers, 21 plates.$1.00
1108. Mintorn, John and Horatio. The Hand-Book for Modelling Wax Flowers. 16mo, 84 pp. London, 1844.$1.50
1109. Mudie, Robert. The Botanical Annual, or, Familiar Illustrations of the Structure, etc., of Plants, and the way in which climate and seasons affect them; also a short Sketch of Coniferæ. Pp. 277, 12mo, stamped roan, cracked, full gilt, frontis. and illus. London, 1832.$2.00
1110. Muhlenberg, D. H. Descriptio Uberior Graminum et Plantarum Calamariarum Americæ Septentrionalis indigenarum et Cicurum. 295 pp., orig. calf, fine copy, very scarce. The only edition. Philadelphiæ, W. Conrad, 1817.$7.50
1111. Mulford, A. E. The Agaves of the U. S. Paper, 37 plates, Seventh Ann. Report Missouri Botan. Gar. Author’s autogr. pres. copy, pr. covers. St. Louis, 1896.$1.00
1112. New York Botanical Garden. Bulletin of. Vol 1, Nos. 1 to 4, inclus. Orig. printed covers, as issued. 1896-99.$1.50
1113. Noll, H. R. Flora of Pennsylvania and Botanist’s Pocket Manual, etc. Rare first ed., 12mo, half mor., 466 pp., illus. Phila., 1851.$1.75
1114. Noll, H. R. The Botanical Class-Book and Flora of Penna., etc., in 2 parts. 12mo, 452 pp., illus. Lewisburg, Pa., 1852.$1.75
1115. North Carolina. Flora of Wilmington, N. C., with map of new Hanover Co. 65 pp. Jour. Elisha Mitchell Soc. Pr. paper covers, with the complete vol. of 146 pp. and frontis. portrait of L. D. V. Schweinitz. Raleigh, 1886.$2.50
1116. Nuttall, Thos. Introduction to Systematic and Physiological Botany. First ed., orig. boards, paper label, uncut, 12 plates, 360 pp. Cambridge, 1827.$3.50
1117. Nuttall, Thos. Introduction to Systematic and Physiological Botany. Second ed., with additions, 12 plates, orig. board binding, uncut, extra clean copy. The most useful edition. Cambridge, 1830.$2.50
1118. Ohio Botany and Zoology. Vol. 5 of State Geological Survey. Scarce volume. Columbus, 1882.$3.75
1119. Ordoyno, Thos. Flora Nottinghamiensis, Systematic Arrangement of Plants Growing Naturally in Nottingham County, etc. 12mo, boards, uncut, 344 pp. Newark (Eng.), 1807.$2.50