THE FOURTH EDITION. 7 



called it forth, and a lasting memorial of its author 

 as an agricultural botanist. 



The expensive style in which the first edition of 

 the work was got up, placed it entirely out of reach 

 of those, to whom the information it contains would 

 have been most useful; and, therefore, two royal 

 8vo. editions were subsequently published ; but, un- 

 fortunately, the greater part of these impressions was 

 destroyed by fire, at Mr. Moyes's, printer, in 1835, 

 so that the book is nearly out of print. 



The proprietors therefore resolved to get up the 

 present reprint of the work on a smaller scale, and at 

 a lower price, in order to meet, as they hope, a more 

 extensive demand. And as this fourth edition con- 

 tains all the essentials and excellencies of the original 

 copy, with all necessary corrections which the lapse 

 of time or change of nomenclature renders expedient; 

 and as its reduction in size and price will bring it 

 fairly within reach of those (the young farmers of 

 Britain) for whom it was originally published; the 

 proprietors trust that what they have done in issuing 

 this reprint will meet their approbation. Especially 

 because, not only are descriptions given of all the 

 best grasses, and other forage plants tested and re- 

 commended by the author ; but also a corrected cata- 

 logue, with descriptions of the " Weeds of Agricul- 

 ture," a small work completed by the same author a 

 few years before his death. 



The first folio edition of the " Hortus Gramineus 

 WoBURNENSis" was inscribed to his Grace the Duke 



