VI PREFACE. 



of good food are annually wasted, and the other it will 

 furnish with a synopsis of classification based upon the 

 researches of some of the most eminent mycologists of 

 the age. 



That there is ample room for such a work as the 

 present will not be denied ; but whether that desideratum 

 is now efficiently supplied, is not for me to determine. 



Let me assure the student that all times, seasons, 

 and localities, will afford him some species for exami- 

 nation ; and whether he has felt interested in] them 

 before, or now, for the first time, adopts these interest- 

 ing plants as objects worthy of his special regard, 

 I would commend them to his patient and persevering 

 attention, in the assurance that this pursuit will " lead 



from joy to joy." 



M. C. C. 



TWICKENHAM ECONOMIC MUSEUM. 



