Preface. 



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of such Natural Orders as Umbelliferse and Compositae can 

 never be made easy. 



The time of flowering is indicated immediately after the 

 name of each plant. Thus 6-10 means that the plant flowers 

 from June to October. 



In the former edition of this book, compiled for the use of 

 the Botanical Classes of the Giggleswick School, all plants 

 which grow within a few miles of that centre were included 

 whether rare or common ; but the book having been adopted by 

 schools elsewhere, the author was urged to enlarge the list of 

 plants included in the work, so as to make it as useful for 

 schools in other parts of the country as it has been found to 

 be at Giggleswick. This has been done in the present edition. 

 The names of all plants considered ' common ' are printed 

 in capitals, and the work includes all (or nearly all) the plants 

 marked with a higher topographical number than 50 in the 

 eighth edition (1886) of the 'London Catalogue.* The names 

 of some few plants which appear not to be indigenous are 

 printed in thin type. In addition to the 'common' plants, 

 the rarer plants growing within reach of certain schools have 

 been included, and I beg to express my acknowledgments to 

 those gentlemen who have furnished me with lists of such 

 plants. The names of these plants are printed in small type, 

 and the schools near which they grow are noted by the use of 

 the following abbreviations : — 



