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THE AMERICAN EDITION. 



Xhe present edition has been undertaken from the 

 desire of introducing in this country an elementary work, 

 which possesses high reputation, and is now in general 

 use in Great Britain. It very happily unites the requi- 

 sites for an Introduction to Botany, being professedly 

 constructed on an intelligible and popular plan, and pro- 

 ceeding from a man, whose eminent advantages and ex- 

 tensive learning have given authority to his name, and 

 placed him at the head of the science in his own coun- 



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In preparing for the press an American edition, some 

 additions have been thought necessary to adapt the 



