PREFACE IX 



Professor Haiissknecht of Weimar, the R^v. W. M. Rogers, the Rev. 

 E. F. Linton, the Rev. E. S. Marshall, Messrs. F. J. Hanburj. 

 A. Fryer. H. G. and J. Groves, Arthur Bennett, &c. 



I am under great obligation to the Delegates of the Clarendon 

 Press for kindly undertaking the publication of this work, and to 

 their compositors and readers, who have done their respective 

 work in so excellent a manner. 



At the completion of the book, which has been perhaps unduly 

 delayed, I leave the investigation of the county flora with con- 

 siderable reluctance, since the field work especially has been of 

 a very pleasant nature, having conducted me into healthy and 

 charming scenery, and gained for me many agreeable and valued 

 friendships. I sincerely trust that the work, notwithstanding its 

 avowed imperfections, may be deemed worthy to take its place in 

 the list of county floras, and that the mistakes which, in an under- 

 taking of this kind, seem bound to occur, may not be so numerous 

 or so grave in character a ^ ' o materially mar its efficiency. 



I can only hope that the cloud which now rests upon systematic 

 botany in Britain may soon be dispelled, and if this work should be 

 the means of adding a single one to the list of those who seek 

 delight in the investigation of nature, my labours, and they have 

 not been slight, will be amply rewarded. 



GEORGE CLARIDGE DRUCE. 

 Lawers, Perthshire, 

 Aug. lo. 1897. 



Additional notes to the County Flora will always be welcomed. 

 Thev mav be sent to the Author. 118 High Street, Oxford. 



