PREFACE. 



The Publisher and the Editor hereby tender their hearty thanks 

 to the buyers and readers of this periodical^ and especially to 

 those Avhose contributions constitute its entire contents. 



In this volume there is another instalment of the Polyomjmal 

 Pinax of the British Plants, and it is believed that there will 

 be room found for the residue during the current months of 

 18G2. An expectation is indulged that the Publisher Avill be 

 encouraged to reprint it, instead of a new edition of the London 

 Catalogue. 



The List of Local Botanists is printed in the June Number. 



Chelsea, Jan. 1, 1862. 



