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1. Flora Australasica, or, A selection of handsome, or curious plants, natives of New Holland, and the South Sea Islands : containing coloured figures and descriptions of some of the choicest species most proper for the conservatory or greenhouse, and many of which will endure the cold of our climate, in the open air, with a very little protection; with magnified dissections of their most essential parts, their names, descriptions, & a full account of the best method of cultivation and propagation : the greater part are handsome evergreen shrubs, and may produce sweet-scented flowers; and as they are generally of free growth, and easily managed, they may be considered as the most desirable plants for cultivation : in one volume / by Robert Sweet, F.L.S. author of Hortus Suburbanus Londoniensis, Hortus Britannicus, Botanical cultivator, The British flower garden, Geraniaceæ, Cistineæ, The florist's guide, The British warblers, &c. ; the drawings by E.D. Smith, F.L.S. botanical artist.

Flora Australasica, or, A selection of handsome, or curious plants, natives of New Holland, and the South Sea Islands : containing coloured figures and descriptions of some of the choicest species most proper for the conservatory or greenhouse, and many of which will endure the cold of our climate, in the open air, with a very little protection; with magnified dissections of their most essential parts, their names, descriptions, & a full account of the best method of cultivation and propagation : the greater part are handsome evergreen shrubs, and may produce sweet-scented flowers; and as they are generally of free growth, and easily managed, they may be considered as the most desirable plants for cultivation : in one volume / by Robert Sweet, F.L.S. author of Hortus Suburbanus Londoniensis, Hortus Britannicus, Botanical cultivator, The British flower garden, Geraniaceæ, Cistineæ, The florist's guide, The British warblers, &c. ; the drawings by E.D. Smith, F.L.S. botanical artist.

Creator:: Sweet, Robert, 1783–1835
Date:: 1827-28
Physical Description:: [114] pages, 56 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, performed between the years 1818 and 1822. By Captain Phillip P. King ... With an appendix, containing various subjects relating to hydrography and natural history ...

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Creator:: King, Philip Parker, 1793–1856
Date:: 1827
Physical Description:: 2 v. fronts., illus., plates (part fold.) 2 fold. maps. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts