V. 



An Introductory Chapter on the Distribution of Species in Suffolk 

 is also prefixed. This had been undertaken by Dr. Babington, but owing 

 to his infirm health he was unable to complete it. Using his materials 

 I have endeavoured as far -as in me lay to mould it on his own lines. 



The following papers have been appended to the Flora : 



Comparative view of the Flora of Suffolk and the three neighbouring 

 Counties, Essex, Cambridge and Norfolk ; with the distribution of the 

 plants of Suffolk in its five Political Divisions. The comparison is 

 arranged in a tabular form. 



The Flora of Suffolk and the three adjoining Counties compared 

 with the Flora of Holland. This paper was suggested and partially 

 worked out by the late Dr. Babington. I had little more to do than to 

 .arrange his materials in order. 



Notes on the Progress of Botanical Study in Suffolk. 



In preparing the Flora I have necessarily been at a great dis- 

 advantage through my limited personal knowledge of the County to 

 which it belongs. My connection with it goes no further back than to 

 1875. Nor was it until three years after that date that I attempted any 

 thing beyond noting down the plants in my immediate neighbourhood. 

 My distance from any large library for reference to works, bearing upon 

 or illustrating the Botany of Suffolk, was a still greater hindrance. 

 This will sufficiently account for meagreness of detail in the Notes on 

 the Progress of Botany in Suffolk. I have not accomplished all that I 

 desired, but I have done what I could. In conclusion I ask for a can- 

 did and unprejudiced reception of the Flora. It does not pretend to be 

 an exhaustive account of the Botany of Suffolk ; but I trust it may be 

 found to be a substantial addition to the records of the plants of this 

 County. 



Honington, July, 1889. W. M. HIND. 



