PEEFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. 



" In 1873 the first edition had heen exhausted, and it 

 became necessary to take steps to pubhsh a second. 

 Nothing definite, however, was done until the next year, 

 when F. 0. Bower made an enlarged List of Plants. This 

 List was in 1875 revised by Mr. Gameys, and considerable 

 additions made by that gentleman, and finally the corrected 

 List compiled by H. Lewis. 



" In the first edition the classification of the Eev. C. A. 

 John in " Flowers of the Field" had been adopted. Since 

 the publication of that book the views of Botanists on 

 many important points have changed, and the present 

 edition of the Kepton Flora is based on the Handbook of 

 British Flora, by G. Bentham, F.E.S., published in 1866." 



Thus wrote Mr. Lewis in 1875, and the second edition 

 of the "Eepton Flora " has not been published until now. 

 I cannot tell who is responsible for the delay, nor is it 

 necessary, I think, to enter into the reason thereof ; suffi- 

 cient is it to say that I have once more carefully revised 

 the " List of Plants," with Mr. Hagger's assistance, and 

 we have yet again added some few more species. Mr. 

 A. 0. Worthington has revised his " List of Birds," and, 

 in his own words, trusts that he has made it worthy of 

 the •* Old School." I have, with the help of Mr. Mason, 

 of Burton-on-Trent, fairly increased the "List of Lepi- 

 doptera." 



