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PREFACE, 
tieultural Society, by the author's very able friend 
R. A. Salisbury, Esq., but from what characters 
the author is not in the least aware ; not one of 
any kind having been given in- : the Transactions 
above mentioned ; being incompatible with the 
plans of that Society; which the science of Bo- 
tany, in this instance at least, will pu: long 
continue to deplore, ; 
