PREFACE. 
It is a common subject of complaint among amateur florists, that 
the directions for the culture of flowers given in works on Gardening 
are scattered through so many different volumes, and mixed with so 
many other matters, as to be of comparatively little use to the 
possessors of small gardens. Having felt this inconvenience my- 
self, it occurred to me that a Dictionary of the English and botanic 
names of the most popular flowers, with directions for their culture, 
would be useful ; and the result is the present volume. The botanic 
names are accented, to show on which syllable the emphasis is to 
be laid; and every syllable must be pronounced, whether accented 
, 
or not. When the accent is acute, thus: a’, it signifies the con- 
sonant following the vowel is to be taken into the syllable; and 
when the accent is grave, thus: 4, that the vowel finishes the 
syllable. Thus, Agave is pronounced A-ga-vé ; armata, ar-ma-ta ; 
and decipiens, de-cip-i-ens. 
J.W.L 
‘Bayswater October, 1842. 
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