JOHN EDWARD TAYLOR, PRINTER,
LITTLE QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS.

THE
RHODODENDRONS
OF
SIKKIM-HIMALAYA;
Being an Account, Botanical and Geographical, of the Rhododendrons recently discovered in the Province of Sikkim, on the Eastern Himalaya Mountains.

BY
JOSEPH DALTON HOOKER, M.D., R.N., F.R.S., F.L.S.
EDITED BY SIR W. J. HOOKER, K.H., D.C.L., F.R.S.A.
Imp. folio. Thirty Plates. £3 16s. coloured.

"In this work we have the first results of Dr. Hooker's botanical mission to India. The announcement is calculated to startle some of our readers when they know that it was only last January twelvemonths that the Doctor arrived in Calcutta. That he should have ascended the Himalaya, discovered a number of plants, and that they should be published in England in an almost UNEQUALLED STYLE OF MAGNIFICENT ILLUSTRATION, in less than eighteen months, is one of the marvels of our time."—Athenæum.

"A most beautiful example of fine drawing and skilful colouring, while the letter-press furnished by the talented author possesses very high interest. Of the species of Rhododendron which he has found in his adventurous journey, some are quite unrivalled in magnificence of appearance. We recommend the district to the nurseryman. Whoever could bring home plenty of seeds of these plants would require no better foundation for a little fortune."—Gardeners' Chronicle.