vi PREFACE. 
and peculiarities ; and when more information is required, 
reference can be easily made to the valuable works of 
Sowerby, Hooker, and Lindley; those authors will then 
be clearly understood and fully appreciated. The ‘ English 
Botany’ of Sir J. E. Smith and Mr. Sowerby, to which this 
little volume forms a stepping stone, is perhaps the most 
useful, as it contains figures and descriptions of every known 
Bnitish plant. 
The present volume is suited to both the Linnean or 
artificial, and the natural systems of classification, so that 
either may be pursued. 
Chapter I. introduces the subject, explains the plan of 
the work, and details the method of forming a Hortus Sie. 
ews. Chapter I. treats of classification, giving tables of the 
natural and artificial systems ; and explanations of the prin- 
cipal botanical terms. Chapters ITT. to X. contain accounts 
of the plants to be procured during the spring, summer, 
and autumnal seasons. The concluding chapters are de- 
voted to the Mosses, Lichens, and Sea-weeds. 
