In getting 

 been spared^ 

 in procurii 

 acter, to maJ 

 pocket, comparl 



A Glossary, carefully compiled from the best bo- 

 tanical works, has been added, which, it is believed, 

 will be found brief, comprehensive, and well adapted 

 to the instruction of the young amateur. 



Not being a professed Botanist, I may have com- 

 mitted some errors in the botanical descriptions ; but 

 I trust that if it be so, they will be found to be of so 

 trivial a nature as not materially to impair the value 

 of the work. 



Under these circumstances I beg the indulgence of 

 my readers, hoping that my humble efforts to facili- 

 tate their progress in Floriculture may not be consid- 

 ered unworthy of their favorable regard. 



