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Bloomfield. From his long and large acquaintance with Suffolk Botany, 

 no one could speak with greater authority on the Flora of the County, 

 or give more useful advice in cases of difficulty. It was, at one time, 

 hoped that he would undertake the task which has fallen to me : what- 

 soever success I may have in its accomplishment, I shall largely owe to 

 his kind counsel and assistance. Should, as it is hoped, a second 

 volume be added to this work to include those cryptogamic families, 

 which are for the present passed over, I confidently hope that the 

 position of chief editor will be taken by Mr. Bloomfield. 



To Mr. A. Bennett, of Croydon, I owe a debt of gratitude for his 

 kind interest in this undertaking, and for his ready help in determining 

 doubtful plants, and for supplying important information. The many 

 ways in which he has given me assistance I cannot particularize, nor 

 can I forget. 



To my special friend the Rev. J. D. Gray, my frequent companion 

 in field work, and to my friend the Rev. E. F. Linton, I tender my 

 grateful thanks for their frequent communications of new plants, new 

 localities, new facts. While building up splendid Herbaria and pro- 

 viding materials for Botanists of a future age ; they are mindful that 

 their heaped up stores can be made profitable to the students of to-day. 



For the very special assistance afforded in the difficult genera of 

 Rubus and Rosa, I am greatly indebted to the kindness of Prof. C. C. 

 Babington and Mr. J. G. Baker. I gratefully acknowledge their con- 

 stant readiness to assist in determining critical or doubtful species. 



To Mr. G. E. Druce I return my very sincere thanks for new species 

 found by him between Lakenheath and Bury. Also for his great kind- 

 ness in directing my attention to old Ms. notes in a copy of Dillenius 

 Ray in the Library of the Oxford Botanical Garden, and for supplying 

 a copy of the same. 



From many others I have received help and encouragement in 

 various ways. I ask all such to accept my grateful thanks. To two of 

 them I should make a more special acknowledgment ; but they have 

 gone to the home beyond, where human *thanks and praise avail them 

 not, and where earthly interests are unknown. 



