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particular end in view. If this treatise 

 should be adopted for general use in 

 schools or families, the teacher at least 

 will probably be furnished with those 

 works, and will accommodate their con- 

 tents to the use of the pupils. I am 

 aware of the want of a systematical En- 

 glish description of British plants, on the 

 principles of this Introduction ; but that 

 deficiency I hope as soon as possible to 

 supply. In the mean while Dr. Wither- 

 ing's work niay serve the desired purpose, 

 attention being paid only to his original 

 descriptions, or to those quoted from 

 English writers. His index will atone 

 for the changes I cannot approve in his 

 system. Wherever my book may be found 

 deficient in the explanation of his or any 

 other terms, as I profess to retain only 

 what are necessary, or in some shape 

 useful, the Language of Botany^ by Pro- 



