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PREFACE. 



We have also to return our thanks to A. H. Haworth, Esq. 

 for his liberality in presenting us with all his papers as soon as 

 published, of the new and rare succulent plants and bulbs, pub- 

 lished in Taylor's Philosophical Magazine. 



To the Honourable and Reverend William Herbert we are 

 indebted for the arrangement of the genus Crinum, and for the 



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names of the hybrid species of Amaryllideae raised by him, and 

 those that he possesses, which have been raised in other collec- 

 tions, and the references by whom, or at what place they were 

 raised, which is added in the column of Native, and the two pa- 

 rents from which they originated is given, where known : the 

 whole of which are marked with W. H. ; he has also been so kind 

 as to furnish us with a list of many other new plants, that have 

 flowered with him, and that had not before been known in our 

 collections. 



We also return our thanks to Mr. G. Charlwood, for his rea- 

 diness in lending us any Botanical publications that we did not 

 ourselves possess, his collection consisting of many rare and valu- 

 able botanical works. 



To Mr. William Anderson, the worthy Curator of the Apo- 

 thecaries' Company's Garden, at Chelsea, we are also much 

 indebted, for his kindness in allowing us to copy his catalogues 

 of newly introduced plants, and for his observations on their 

 habit and culture ; and to numerous other Gardeners and Nur- 

 serymen we return our best thanks, for their kindness and atten- 

 tion to forward our researches. 



We flatter ourselves that our Subscribers will be well satis- 

 fied with the present edition, as it contains all the new arrange- 

 ments and improvements up to the present time, that no other 

 Catalogue, however new, can boast of; we have also been careful 

 what we have inserted, not to put in thousands of plants that 

 were never in the country, nor likely ever to be, a plan sometimes 

 resorted to, to swell the size of the book, and to show a 

 number of names, but we believe there would be a difficulty to 

 find the plants, should they be sought for. As for its being en- 

 tirely free from errors, we will not assert, as we have no doubt but 

 some may be found, but none, we believe, of much consequence. 

 We now conclude, with our sincerest thanks to our numerous 

 Subscribers, and hope we shall continue to merit their favour and 

 approbation, as we shall always do our utmost endeavours to 



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October, 1830. 



