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 DEDICATION. 



IN memory of the pleasant conversations on Wild 

 Flowers, which ever followed upon our returning 

 blossom-laden from childish rambles through field and 

 wood, and which sowed in our minds a love for the 

 study of Nature, this book is dedicated with tender 

 reverence and gratitude 



TO MY MOTHER. 



Thus do we think of her, and keep unbroken 



The bond that Nature gives ; 

 Thinking that our remembrance, though unspoken, 



May reach her where he lives," 



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