PREFACE, 



to afcertain almofl any vegetable of Cciledo^ 

 man birth. 



It may be thought perhaps a little arroi 

 gant, that I fhould attempt a fyftematlc 

 arrangement of the plants of a large country, 

 without having fpent more than one fummcr 

 in it ; an4 indeed the Imputatlor^ would be 

 juft, if I had not received the greatefl af-r 

 iiflance therein from able and ingenious bo- 

 tanifls, who have reiided in that country 

 their whole lives : gentlemen, who have 

 not only permitted me to examine their va^ 

 luable colledllons, but have freely commu-^ 

 nicated to me the obfervations of many 

 years. 



Among thefe I have the pleafure firft to 

 mention with gratitude the name of Dr. 

 HopCy the pre fen t celebrated profeiTor of 

 botany at Edinburgh, who not only favoured 

 me with the fight of his copious Herbarium, 

 but permitted me the ufe of his notes and 

 obfervations, the refult of a long enquiry. 



To the Rev. Mr. Stuart jun. late of 

 Killin in Breadalbane, now of Lufs, in th? 

 county of Dumbarton, 1 am indebted for 



every 



