VI PREFACE. 



its value as a standard work upon the subject. A glossary of the 

 technical terms used in the description of Australian grasses is 

 also embodied in the book, so that any person can soon become 

 thoroughly acquainted with the subject should he be desirous of 

 so doing. 



All the drawings, from which the engravings were taken, were 

 made from herbarium specimens which I have collected, or have 

 had collected, in their native habitats. The anatomical parts have 

 been greatly magnified and drawn with the aid of the Camera 

 lucida, so that they can be depended upon as being correct. Those 

 persons Avho have had experience know the difficulty there is in 

 making accurate botanical drawings from herbarium specimens, 

 and will, I think, agree with me that great credit is due to Mr. E. 

 M. Grosse, the artist, for the careful way in which he has done his 

 part of the work. 



To Messrs. F. and C. Bennett, the proprietors of the Town and 

 Country Journal, my thanks are due for the excellent engravings 

 which have been prepared at their establishment. The printing 

 and binding have been done at the Government Printing Office, 

 and it affords another proof of the excellence of the work performed 

 at that establishment. 



The nomenclature adopted is the same as that used in Bentham's 

 " Flora Australiensis/' and I am indebted to that valuable work 

 for the botanical diagnosis of genera and species. 



FRED. TURNER. 



September, 1895. 



