Preface. xi. 



have ductile material in them, and are the hope of the 

 future for us all. Neither has it been written for learned 

 botanists or antiquaries. The botanical details are 

 simply such as it is hoped may encourage the beginner. 

 My main desire is to be educational, and by this I would 

 be judged. 



Many of the places described or referred to are strictly 

 private. Permission to view them must therefore be 

 asked some days before. Common-sense and the 

 courtesy of civilized beings will prescribe in every case 

 the proper method of procedure. 



I have, in conclusion, to express my thanks to the 

 artists who have so pleasingly illustrated the work, Mr. 

 W. Morton, and very particularly, Mr. Thos. Letherbrow. 



By some odd lapsus calami the passage from 

 Wordsworth on page 139 has been miswritten. The 

 third line should read, "So was it when my life began}'' 



LEO H. GRINDON. 



MANCHESTER, 



MAY ist, 1882. 



