PREFACE. 
JT was stated at the commencement of this work that its desijm 
as full an account of all the £ 
to the Horticulturist, and as the price and extent of a periodical will permit ; the history of such 
plants being sought in the Botanical Works published on the Continent, to which English cultivators 
have little access, as well as in those of our own country, and in the Gardens or Herbaria from which 
they are derived. 
It was expected that by this means the English reader would be able by degrees, by 
mere 
will 
cultural value of the numberless 
abund 
The 
of double 
synonym 
in 
are termed alihses, would also, it was hoped, be gradually referred to their true denomination, and 
purchaser thus be spared the mortification of findin 
familiar. 
still in possession of but one Species, and that perhaps one with which he was previously 
purpose it was proposed to separate each Numb 
In the 
First Paet would be found Three Coloured Plates of Plants, which from their beauty, or remarkable 
tints, especially demand this expensive style of illustration. Here it was not proposed to introduce 
any species which can be as well represented without colour j by which means a large part of the 
cost of Botanical periodicals would be saved for the purpose of being applied to the embellish, 
ment of the Second Part. The title of the Second Paet, 
u Gleanings and Original Memoranda/' 
plained 
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greater length 
and of the most 
