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The Young Lady's Book of Botany, is a clear and

concise introduction to the science, in a compact pocket volume, illus- trated with numerous wood-cuts,. and coloured engravings, very delicately executed. The account of the structure, germination, growth, and decay of plants, is very full and explicit ; the Lin- Um and the natural systems are explained and illustrated; and a slight sketch of the history of botany is given. This pretty multum in parvo is by no means exclusively a "young lady's book:'