PREFATORY NOTE, 



OWING to a long acquaintance with ROGER KENNEDY, his widow 

 has asked me to put together this short notice of her husband. The 

 only difficulty the task' presents is that of selection and condensation, 

 for the limits are small, while at the same time ample materials are 

 in existence which, if they had justice done to them, would make a 

 long and most interesting history. The demand for another edition of 

 the * ' Clydesdale Flora " has led to this. Its steady sale is an evidence 

 that Botany is largely studied in the district. Much of this study, no 

 doubt, is owing to the enthusiasm of Roger Kennedy and his 

 teaching, and it is thus appropriate that the new issue should be 

 called, being published since the death of the Author, the 

 In Memoriam Edition, and that some notice of Mr. 

 Kennedy's life and work should go with it. The "Clydesdale 

 Flora" first appeared in 1865, an( i already it has gone through 



Three Editions. 



W.S, 



