PREFACE. ; i3f 



often indeed voluminous and expenfive, but 

 they are fuch as will yield much pleafure 

 and fatisfad:ion to the learner. 



Next fucceeds the common Engli/h name 

 of each fpecies, and afterwards the Scotch 

 and Gaulic or Krfe names, fo far as they are 

 generally known and received by the inha- 

 bitants. 



To thefe are fubjoin'd each plant's parti- 

 cular place of growth or native foil. 



To which is added its duration, exprefs'd 

 by the following ligns, viz. ^ which de^ 

 notes the plant to be annual, <? biennial^ 

 % perennialy and i? a tree ov Jhrub. After- 

 wards the time of fiowering, iignified by the 

 following numbers, viz, I. II. III. &c. 

 correfponding to the months of fanuary, 

 February, March, &c, 



Then follows a fhort defcription of each 

 plant, or fome few dlllinguilhing chara6ters 

 of it, fuch as were thought neceffary either 

 to point out the difference of fpecies moft 

 nearly allied, or to affiit the learner in afcer- 

 taining thofe plants which are generally 

 |eail known, or but ill-defcribed by authors: 



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