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^ .... _.,. U V ^«-,lfr.l. aid tta ^J.ri.U^ ITodllCcd Will bllO^V thE 



II14; tH^iidnmcy In Tirj poB^e^ciL l"y Uic ^ppcn^ 



Pill be ujjLilc mamrcal. "m^ '^ 



cli L. n^uHiud. of difl.."lii<;* "hat it r..iui.e^ th,. ji.Jgi.i.iit siiJ 



Lrt it scftioo r-j flay Tlinl 1 kuov- of 



'ITiifl ^ulijiTt, hnme*rr, in flurroundeJ wicti ^ucl 

 pDncr of ol..r.r«io„ cf ,. Di^rwin .« inv^^a^l. H ^i<h filling MCM,.iy. 

 1. ^.. i. .hid, . Lily W. l-ec. c^^ ^th . n^.l b..on^.s to -.. -b.r ,.nu. .«i ll... -L. n.m.^^.. 



i,u*ii>ru m LiybriJi^ms "^^ tnii: LiH.^^ ..r^«^ "ha^^i "'^^ "*"■ ^'f^>' li"^" -'"^^'"' 



ir .„. .f Lb. con.iu.lon. 1 h.vc .rri^^J .t. .^ .- the ch.sific.lin. of (h. ,c.^ r,'!.^ .- - m ^r.l.n.. 

 wUb tl.« ..... tl,.i b^v. W,i 0M,r=.««l i.y ^^B, 1 ... -,ly -y thnt 1 U.y. I. oil c«.e. .nrte.vout.d .. 

 cnn,id.r f^b, n-ty. and ha*= 110 pn.-,ro,i.^ived Ibc^ry. cr dcairc .D f^.i'our tbc tbc^ric. nf olh.,,. 



1, m:.v b.^ 0,.t, .- I..rti.^ltu,.s(. m.re... in nu..b.r, .nd mr knnwl^^ of ,,1.„L. i. o .tnl. erf n.Uive 

 „t..d.. m.ny n.. f..,< iK^h,.^ n,, Ll^ „u«.i.n .ill b. di...v.Kd , a.ul I ran c.ily bcl.ev. ih-t .™. nf lb. 

 pl.nl. ^hich nn. .e..n Lo d..ervc .pccific Oi.„„.tio„ ..nj 1. r^.o^ to .b.-ul. of ..d.tU.. «l.iU .iber ft,™. 

 ..y ^ p.n..l wonby of .p.c.n. r.nk. In .bi. ..« I c.n nnly ..y .h.L [ .b.ll W.I..... any w.lUfon.,l.-d 

 „^li.u. U..t ,„^v I,. .nlro<lu..d inlo tbe ^m^ ..* n. onn «. be m.r. ...nlbl. .I.*ii myself of tb= 

 in.pcrrc.lion^ cf ^y ^^-ork, ...I ..o cn= c.n f..! mn« .Im.^iy Ih.i, [ d. Ib.l ^olctlfi. tL-.tb i. .be ftm obj..l 

 ^hicb evtry Tvotker m IbL s™it IkW of imiirc i^b^dd h^\d ni> y* tbc iiioi of ilia .lu-li«. 



Wllb iee.nl I., our pnseul kno^vl^^dge ^f (be genu, ^.-/ip^p., T <^n ^y tbul T do no. tbbk .n^.y new 

 (peci^ n^itiBln to I. dii^viirf d ; f«r lliough I h«v. i-^J c^erj maiL' lo pru.iirc pb.hU, Imng or dead, from 

 ^Vi>r>' p^v. of lb. "orbL ^b.n.^ HHe. .11= Known, c^t a.e likely lo o.^-ur, not p.on. thnn tba., Hire, or four .peci.. 

 LiHVt ticen add<;d lo the -^m^ in .he la.-,! foKI ycar^. 



The o.dy region, from which much co^ty cam b« «pwt.^ Jr^ the Ea^toni HiTnal.y^s oi.cl tb. ,mmenw 

 tract oT u.,L!4plo.^d nnd difficult mci.n.aln tountry *liicl. Ecm.indi our L.dian empire on tbo iiortb ...J eait, Jind 

 wb(ch liL6 rouml tb. bead-w^tfr^ of the Irrawaddy, the IlrflmJi>ntr8. and ll,c YaM-.^^-l''ii«nE, Many Y^^ -"uri 

 ekv?o, bc^-^^cr, b.'ftite ihE^' (l« llic nalDrjiU^t and KbQoU^sO nio»t mlaresling mn.,nUi... osn 1« c*cJ. t-QrliiHy 

 Lvplored, a* tb. c.ln^e dinicuHy of U.c ^'►m.lry, aud llio f>,P'«i« jenlou^y i"kcJ barbarism of ihe lril-« 



„Lic habil It, mah^i Ihift rcBion ii^cr. diir.c.it of at-coss tba.. perhip. ai.y otbcr i>m of Ih. world 



Tbc Corean peninsula ma? ol.o pn>d,.^- -..w net^" specie^ cf LUy i hut ih.uisb llie flora of Ib.l eonutry 

 JE ahsoLolaly imtimwi. to u.. U may bo c.pMled that aiiy Lndis^uoif I'l^-ts of sreat beauty or boniokiltuial 

 valae bav? alremly found tbolr way into ihc gardens of Jupin. 



Havliii! fiiuud Uy esiicrkuoe Ihat drawings of plants mad.' fmm dritd speciQii:iis freri.ipnlly fml to give 

 B Booik iJ^ i>f 'heir a'.iieel and H:lic™,.-ler, J bnvc luadi! it .ny object lo procure Lhing pla..^ of everj .pccitb 

 wlueli it waa po^.iblo in oLlain, .nd hnvi had m.dtr cultivation lu my own garden every k..n«n ^p,.^is 

 of L.lv fictininj about four. Whei.LVer J have h.i:.. obliged .0 rcsori to dried speeinieii-j, or io 

 drnwiuES, as material for my lUnBlration'', 1 baiJi: montloiiid tlio fad In Ihi nt^iump^niliig destrip.io... It bai 

 b«n ol>jocted by anMne hwamflts Ihat phiti^ draw., fiom liii;hly cnUiiuUd Rardei. ^ii.'riineiis d<i ..ol give a ^ood 

 Idea of ibe plant', i.t a -late of nalure : and Thtre are, no douhl, ca;» in wbicb tbiG is more or leas ihe ibcl. 



Eipetienct^ Jiowivi^r, tcacbc^ llial llie itate nf pcrfitlion to wbich ftiiy 1-ilyiiiay bu bm..sht in cuUivalion, 

 iniolgreun^r llian tbe plflDl U capabk of attaining uuder ll.orou^^hly ri.voiiiabk- eu..dilio[.B In 1. «iki slate : an.l 

 in uroof of Iblfi I may nay .hat llie |.ljles oF I.- nil^herfie'iie, /.. a}as!'i"ffli'Hi^""li; t.- Utanadrlphun, and iilbijra. 



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