British Bees: An Introduction into the Studies of the Natural History and Economy of the Bees Indigenous to the British IslesShuckard, William Edward
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British Bees: An Introduction into the Studies of the Natural History and Economy of the Bees Indigenous to the British Isles
Shuckard, William Edward
Bees; Hymenoptera -- Great Britain
PHYCOLOGIA BRITANNICA; or, History of British Seaweeds, containing
Coloured Figures, Generic and Specific Characters, Synonyms and
Descriptions of all the Species of Algæ inhabiting the Shores of
the British Islands. By Dr. W. H. HARVEY, F.R.S. Royal 8vo, 4
vols., 765 pp., 360 Coloured Plates, £6. 6_s_. Reissue in Monthly
Parts, each 2_s_. 6_d_.
This work, originally published in 1851, at the price of £7. 10_s_., is
still the standard work on the subject of which it treats. Each Species,
excepting the minute ones, has a Plate to itself, with magnified
portions of structure and fructification, the whole being printed in
their natural colours, finished by hand.
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SYNOPSIS OF BRITISH SEAWEEDS, compiled from Dr. Harvey’s ‘PHYCOLOGIA
BRITANNICA.’ Small 8vo, 220 pp., 5_s_.
A Descriptive Catalogue of all the British Seaweeds, condensed from the
‘Phycologia Britannica.’ It comprises the characters, synonyms,
habitats, and general observations, forming an extremely useful pocket
volume of reference.
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PHYCOLOGIA AUSTRALICA; a History of Australian Seaweeds, comprising
Coloured Figures and Descriptions of the more characteristic
Marine Algæ of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South
Australia and Western Australia, and a Synopsis of all known
Australian Algæ. By Dr. HARVEY, F.R.S. Royal 8vo, 5 vols., 300
Coloured Plates, £7. 13_s_.
This beautiful work, the result of an arduous personal exploration of
the shores of the Australian continent, is got up in the style of the
‘Phycologia Britannica’ by the same author. Each Species has a Plate to
itself, with ample magnified delineations of fructification and
structure, embodying a variety of most curious and remarkable forms.
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NEREIS AUSTRALIS; or, Algæ of the Southern Ocean, being Figures and
Descriptions of Marine Plants collected on the Shores of the Cape
of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian Colonies, Tasmania,
New Zealand, and the Antarctic Regions. By Dr. HARVEY, F.R.S.
Imperial 8vo, 50 Coloured Plates, £2. 2_s_.
A selection of Fifty Species of remarkable forms of Seaweed, not
included in the ‘Phycologia Australica,’ collected over a wider area.
FUNGI.
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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 the Rev. M. J.
BERKELEY, M.A., F.L.S. Demy 8vo, 484 pp., 24 Coloured Plates,
30_s_.
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