IV PKEFACE. 



Botauy. The author however, is not one of 

 those 



" \Vho allium call tlifir onions and their leeks," 



and would rather recommend to the unscientific 

 their simple English names. Many of these 

 are connected with old times and old customs ; 

 or convey some idea of the uses of the plants 

 to which tliey belong. Our pretty English May, 

 or Hawthorn, gains nothing by its Botanic 

 name of Cratayus oxyacantha ; nor can the 

 expressive Day's-cye, bring to us a pleasanter 

 ideaj even by its Latin name of Bellis perennis. 



