PREFACE. 1X 
Beaniana, kindly lent for that purpose by Mr. Barlee. I 
am exceedingly indebted to Mrs. Gatty, of Ecclesfield Vi- 
carage, for rare specimens, for much information, and for 
all the beautiful drawings in Plate XVIII., except the ex- 
quisite figure of Lepralia Gattye by Dr. R. Th. Greville. 
I am glad that some of our Scottish scientific ladies have 
kindly come to my aid. I return Lady Emma Campbell, of 
Argyle, my respectful thanks for some interesting Zoo- 
phytes sent to me from Lochfine, and from the island of 
Islay. To Lady Keith Murray, also, I am greatly indebted 
for several rare Zoophytes, and for a list of those collected 
by her on the east coast of Scotland, near Stonehaven. To 
Miss C. Allardyce, of Cromarty, I return my grateful ac- 
knowledgments for some of the rarer Zoophytes collected 
on that classic coast; and to Mrs. Blair, of Blair, I render 
my best thanks for the aid she has kindly given me. | 
With such a phalanx of able auxiliaries, I certainly 
ought to have produced a book that was readable. I have 
done what I could. The enterprising Publishers and the 
talented Artist have nobly done their part, and if the book 
