TO 



JAMES BUCKMAN, ESQ., E.L.S., E.O.S., 

 'PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY 



IN 



THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



MY DEAR BUCKMAN, 



I dedicated my first edition of this work to " the 

 Friends and Companions with whom I have enjoyed the delights 

 of Botanical Exploration ; " but in those friends you were then 

 included, and while many others have been swept away from me 

 and from botanical pursuits by the rough blowing of the troublous 

 winds of life, your path has more nearly ran parallel with my 

 own, and with kindred pursuits we have kept each other in 

 view. 



The example of your untiring assiduity in scientific research, 

 has often stimulated me to effort when observation might have 

 flagged ; and ere I am snapped off by the gust of wintry time 

 and left behind like a withered stalk in its locality, accept this- 

 record of my heartfelt regard. 



Believe me, yours most sincerely, 



EDWIN LEES, 



Henwick, Worcester, 

 May 1st, 1851, 



