PREFACE. 
but (hall occafionally introduce new ones, as they 
may flower in his own garden, or thofe of the 
curious in any part of Great-Britain. 
At the commencement of this publication, he had 
no d£flgn of entering on the province of the Florift, 
by giving figures of double or improved Flowers, 
which fometimes owe their origin to culture, more 
frequently to the fportings of nature ; but the earneft 
entreaties of many of his Subfcribers, have induced 
him fo far to deviate from his original intention, 
as to promife them one, at leaft, of the Flowers 
moll efteemed by Florifls. 
The encouragement given to this work, great 
beyond the Author’s warmell expectations, demands 
his molt grateful acknowledgements, and will excite 
him to perfevere in his humble endeavours to render 
Botany a lafting fource of rational amufementj and 
public utility. 
Botanic Garden, 
Lambeth-Marfh, 
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