INTRODUCTION. 



"1")EK0RF Jiiieiik]]ti[Li^ lu L(ivc ■ ai!iit:rHl iiki^Ltili uf iLe true Lilieb^ 1 iihu^i iiifurm my roaikrs Uiut lUn Imok U nol 

 the work of « griontific lH>tnnis|^ hut is merely the lusulL ttf ^ few ycare' Lijrii4!LiHi]ml ^(Milj, iJiuhi-; whicti 

 I hikViz undcaVOIu^d to briii^ to^^T^Lhur all tltu i]3furQiutioii ^ihich i^ecmcd tikirly Lu cluctJatc db far na pc^^ible some 

 of ihe ditrLcuh ^^uebLluhE whtdi nr^ luel wiiIl iti Llic hludj^ of Ibcsc plaats. 



To imalj]^ a pers^^ to underfUtiJ, eveu hiii|H:H4:ctl}H t]]« jihHtruae sublects wliich must be mLftt^^rcJ before 

 lac can hs^ri, ]ii nmdi na timi '^. imy i-ljimh tia Ll^r tULe of a boUtil^lp ft long cOUrsc uf ELudv musl bu Liiii]LrUku]i h 

 and 4B I b^^ n^y^r had the npfortunity of acquiring n uriL^i^lilic cxEuriitiun, I dn uol ^upjm^e ihul I lin^c 

 Buy liicLhl Lu uiLI Il]i> & LLiuui^^r^|ali^ hy vbicb I iinder&lQiicl on exIuiufitEvt Aco^unt ctf CTcry fael wlhieli btar^ 

 on ihe ^velDptDEDt^ claiaificationf niii! hifilary of Ihe objects iu cjLiL-slioa. 1l »ecm4 U> me, howcrerp that nu 

 bolwiUl* ho^rerer grai mny bi^ Ills [u^uln^mrnt?, h\ e\A^ tn iinder^tiiTid Ihoroughly iht rclitlcmi ^ficI nlSnitits 

 of orderSp oiid ]>:hiiiculajl)> ut bucli orders [w LiliaceSp Amar}1Licki:L^[i^p Orclililiiciiu]^ and otber ^^lKLltlv^^^l^c^ln^. 

 unlc^E he baa tht oppurtilnity of FiLnclyiiig llhe ll-fini; ^jIjuI^, To do tbiif ht mUnl bn mlU^r liiLilfcii:ir a 



burLLt^uhiLri-Eil, or mnbt have Lhe x^sUlatiu of a gardener whose mind U not ejcclu-im-l}' do voted ti^ the urctnini-^ncal 



or ihr eeoihQmic brftii^'h of lii> .i^r 



I Ebuik ll la not }4>L Tnlly rrcogniud ho^ intimALcIf the Lwo ncic>iic4>s of bottuy mid horlieuUurc are 

 coiuiecledr Hq borlicuUui'tift cjih ullj]ii |he higher ranlu of bu [>ritrce»tuik without n inort iyv I^jj^s acouidiij 

 knowledge of Waiiy^ uhd nu butoiabil can be said to li.^ iiiorL' ili.Lih lidiLf [ii^^ti^r of bis subject ^iho^c fltucMe** iinvc 



beeia cchii^tLL'd lo Ibc Lbmrj arid the liorbarman. 



Far tlud reason we Gad thai ducb men zs LlEEiaF.itT. Lisolbt* Wallicei, Sih Wellei^h and Sir Jdkcfm 

 ^lOoHF.n* ReiciieE4DACHj TltttbETp and AflA Gh^V li.ni: attsiEihtd n prcLnimeELL di^LillCtbh as tcieolifii: buL4i]]jatd, 

 and fr^^iih llic sune c^u^ it i\'\\\ be Tound^ ns tinK b«s on, thtt a lirge and Ai-eiJ-fiuiPpurLed gixden U at^ much an 

 ibsoLulE ihi?ct-i:>ily to tht WOrkiEh^ botanist as a libmrj- uEid an litrhurmni- 



No one ^bo bJi^ btteiupLfd to c^mgmre botantcft] dcsohpLiobi* or MoiiueuLyicdo]]OLi'i |daq]U irltb Lhf lirlng 

 rei]iti« cao ba^e failed lo men wilh extRmc difficiilly in jdenlifjing llienip or to rtailic Lhc fact thaL ay accurate 

 dm^ring is more Usrfnl Lhan *lieb a drHrnpLion as can bi- ti^Lially made TrDm dritd Bpi^imena. 



Tile Tarlation nf pbntfl id a subject tbat wfl^id require much Hpaeo tf en to touch ugnn; but I may sav 

 Lhat L fLilij cL*ii.;ur in tht: idua which wftG so itron^ty ttipporifd b) that eiccUenL oii-cr^rr Dea?: iricHbKiET, m 



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