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ways ; but not less carefully the learning of the pretty 

 English one " Ladielace Grass " with due observance 

 that " Ladies' laces hath leaves like unto Millet in fashion, 

 with many white vaines or ribs, and silver strakes running 

 along through the middest of the leaves, fashioning the 

 same like to laces of white and green silk, very beautiful 

 and faire to behold." 



1 have said elsewhere, and can scarcely repeat too often, 

 that a day will come when men of science will think their 

 names disgraced, instead of honoured, by being used to 

 barbarise nomenclature ; I hope therefore that my own. 

 name may be kept well out of the way ; but, having been 

 privileged to found the School of Art in the University 

 of Oxford, I think that I am justified in requesting any 

 scientific writers who may look kindly upon this book, to 

 add such of the names suggested in it as they think de- 

 serving of acceptance, to their own lists of synonyms, 

 under the head of " Schol. Art. Oxon." 



The difficulties thrown in the way of any quiet private 

 student by existing nomenclature may be best illustrated 

 by my simply stating what happens to myself in endeav- 

 ouring to use the page above facsimiled. Not knowing 

 how far St. Bruno's Lily might be connected with my 

 own pet one, and not having any sufficient book on Swiss 

 botany, I take down London's Encyclopaedia of Plants, (a 

 most useful book, as far as any book in the present state 

 of the science can be useful,) and find, under the head of 

 Anthericum, the Savoy Lily indeed, but only the follow- 



