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PREFACE 



A COLLECTION of the plants of his native island was begun 

 by the writer in 1903, during a period of convalescence, and 

 was continued as a recreation, from time to time, as occasion 

 offered. In 1908 the idea of making use of the material 

 accumulated and arranging it for publication was conceived, 

 and to put it into effect a final endeavour was made that 

 season to have the plant list of the island as complete as the 

 circumstances would permit. 



In preparing the little volume for the press, the lack of 

 works of reference was found a serious drawback. The 

 following publications were found most helpful : Bentham 

 and Hooker's British Flora ; Withering's English Botany ; 

 Cameron's Gaelic Names of Plants ; Hogan's Irish and 

 Scottish Gaelic Names of Herbs, Plants, Trees, etc. ; Gregory's 

 History of the West Highlands ; Oransay and its Monastery, 

 by F. C. E. M'Xeill ; " Colla Ciotach Mac Ghilleasbuig," by 

 Prof. Mackinnon (Celtic Monthly, Sept. 1903-Jan. 1904); 

 Geikie's Scenery of Scotland ; Notes on the Geology of Colon- 

 say and Oransay, by Prof. Geikie; The Two Earth-Movements 

 of Colonsay, by W. B. Wright, B.A., F.G.S. ; Sketch of the 

 Geology of the Inner Hebrides, by Prof. Heddle ; Journals of 



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