ADVERTISEMENT. 



After lengthened delays, the first portion of the " Flora of 

 Hebefordshire " is here presented to the Members of the Woolhope 

 Club. 



This portion will be found to consist of — First, an account of the 

 Botanical Districts into Avhich it has been found necessaiy to sub- 

 divide the County; Second, Geological Notes on each of these 

 districts, from the able pen of the Eev. "W. S. Stmonds, F.G.S., 

 Eector of Pendock ; Third, a Map of the County, illustrating 

 these divisions ; and Fourth, a Tabular Summary of the plants 

 hitherto found in each district. 



It has of late years been felt that a very imperfect view of the 

 botany of any county was given by the plan on which the older 

 local Floras were drawn up ; that plan being to mention Stations for 

 the rarer plants, or those supposed to be such, whilst it was left to 

 be inferred that the remainder were equally common throughout the 

 whole area to which the Flora related. The real truth being that 

 species, which from their frequency in one part of a county, might 

 be expected to prevail equally throughout its whole extent, are 

 found, when specially sought after, to be comparatively local. Nor 

 on the older plan was any distinction shewn between those parts of 

 the County which had been fully examined, and those which had 

 received little or no attention. The plan of sub-dividing* the county 

 and forming separate catalogues of plants for each district obviates 

 this, and shews, at one view, what has been done, and how much 

 remains to be accomplished. 



* This plan -was first adopted by my acute and deeply lamented friend, the 

 Eev. W. H. Coleman, one of the Authors of the "FLOitA Heetfokdiensis." 



