IN 
PREFACE. 
remarkable there was to be introduced Woodcuts, in which an attempt would be made to combine 
accurate representations witli some pictorial effect. In the selection of species for full illustration, 
it w;i intended to divide the plates as nearly as possible between Stove, Greenhouse, and Hardy 
Plants ; so that each department of the Flower Garden might be equally cared for. 
It was also stated that since the work was intended for English readers, the English language 
would be adopted, as far as possible, in all familiar names and descriptions. English names of the 
plants represented in the coloured plates were to be given in preference to technical Latin ones, in 
the hope that by degrees the ear may be relieved from the necessity of dwelling upon sounds, 
un 
why the system of talking Greek and Latin without understanding it might not be banished from 
familiar Natural History. At the same 
ime, for the convenience of Foreign Naturalist 
those who prefer technical to familiar words, the names employed in strict science were to be given, 
and the distinctive characters of the species to be added in Latin. 
enture 
have been carried into effect. Thirty-six plants of great beauty have been represented in colours ; 
120 of inferior interest, have formed the subject of woodcuts; and 229 others have been 
On the whole 
made the subject of comment, or of sufficient notice for all general purposes. 
335 species have been collected into the volume, of which 156 have been 
illustrated. This they trust will be accepted as a satisfactory guarantee that succeeding volumes 
more or 
less 
jik 11 and experience of the artists. 
advancing 
