the body of the work. All the figures, and one Latin index, 

 are arranged according to the Linneean system. 



Should this humble attempt be found deserving of patro- 

 nage, it is in contemplation to carry forward the pioneering 

 task thus begun, by continuing the series through Crypto- 

 gamia, so as shortly to bring before the public a cheap and 

 complete Pictorial Encyclopaedia of British Botany. 



It only remains to be added, that the whole of the figures 

 were drawn on stone by the authoress ; and that the collec- 

 tion of specimens, from which a very large proportion of the 

 drawings were made, was formed during the excursions of 

 the five last summers among the vales and meadows of the 

 midland districts; — the woods, mountains, and glens, — the 

 rocks and sea-shores, of the northern counties, and of 

 Wales. 



Lichfield, March 1, 1839. 



ERRATA IN THE FIGURE.S. 

 Dele&g. 159, 181. 

 For Monecia read Monoecia. 



IN THE INDEX. 

 Read Vinca major, 382. 

 Vinca minor, 381. 

 Atriplex littoralis, 1491. 

 Atriplex pedunculata, 1490. 



Page 37, eight lines from bottom, for Trifoliun resupinatum 

 read Melilotus leucantha. 



