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artists, these were found useful only in the representation 

 of the general character and habit of the subjects. Mr. 

 Brown therefore undertook the task of preparing such dis- 

 sections as were necessary for the illustration of the generic 

 characters, or other interesting points of structure, and of 

 generally superintending the execution of the drawings ; to 

 this portion of the work Mr. Brown cheerfully devoted 

 particular care and attention, and his experience in 

 analysis of vegetable structure will be duly appreciated by 

 Botanists. 



" After the completion of the drawings and of the illus- 

 trative details, the subjects were put into the hands of the 

 engraver, and Mr. Brown commenced the preparation of the 

 text. In the prosecution of this task his public engage- 

 ments, and other important scientific inquiries accumu- 

 lating in a degree beyond what was expected when he 

 commenced the work, it was agreed between Mr. Brown 

 and myself that the original plan should be modified, 

 and that the assistance of a coadjutor should be ob- 

 tained. 



" On this point I have the satisfaction to state that 

 J.J. Bennett, Esq., Mr. Brown's assistant in the Botanical 

 Department of the British Museum, was found willing to 

 prepare for the press such articles as were left unfinished 

 by Mr. Brown, and likewise to co-operate generally in the 

 preparation of the work. Mr. Brown has, agreeably to his 

 original intention, contributed his remarks on the affinity 

 and structure of the subjects described; he has also afforded 

 many valuable suggestions in the progress of the work, 

 and the whole has received his examination and 

 revisal. 



" I embrace with pleasure and satisfaction the oppor- 

 tunity now afforded me of publicly expressing my great 

 obligations to Mr. Brown. The examination and arrange- 

 ment of my Herbarium, the laborious duties connected 

 with the superintendence of the figures contained in this 

 work, the preparation of the illustrative details, and the 

 time devoted to the description of the subjects, are by no 

 means the only marks of friendship which I have received 





