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THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 



The Flora of Cornwall (1909) was preceded by a Tentative List 

 of Cornish plants (1902), which, although not published for sale. 





mi. 



was widely distributed among those interested in the undertaking : 

 it is unnecessary to point out the great advantages of such a pre- 

 liminary essay. This, the compiler tells us in his preface to the 

 Flora, succeeded in its object : •' it stimulated to further and more 

 systematic efforts those who had already been great helpers, and 



