[GARDENING] A PLAIN AND EASY ACCOUNT OF THE BRITISH FERNS; TOGETHER WITH THEIR CLASSIFICATION, ARRAGNEMENT OF GENERA, STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS; AND A GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL AND OTHER TERMS

London: Robert Hardwicke, 1860. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in green embossed cloth with decoration and titling in gilt; 108 pages, including a Glossary; [4] pages of “Books for the Country”; [1], 2-32 pages of Books issued by Robert Hardwicke; with colored frontispiece and eight additional plates, each featuring several different ferns.~~This copy has been rebacked with the original spine laid down; all edges gilt.~~Phebe Lankester was popular British botanist. She assembled a number of books on flowers, but her fern books capitalized on the mid-century craze. Very Good binding.