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PREFACE. 



The reprint of the " Barnes of Herbes," by William Turner, 

 which is now offered to the Members of the English Dialect 

 Society, renders easily accessible a rare and interesting little book. 

 It appeals to many classes of readers, and although not strictly a 

 Dialect work, it has sufficient connection with the objects of the 

 Society to justify its appearance among our publications. It forms 

 a fitting companion to the " Dictionary of English Plant-names ; " 

 it will interest those who study the history of cultivated plants, 

 inasmuch as it is the earliest authority to which the introduction of 

 certain plants can be traced ; and to the botanist it will be especially 

 useful, inasmuch as it embodies a careful attempt to identify the 

 species recorded with their modem synonyms. 



I have divided the work into three parts, which I may briefly 

 define. The first is an exact reprint of the work, the only alter- 

 ations being in the pagination, and of the insertion at the foot of 

 each page of the " fautes escaped in the printyng," which will be 

 found collected (as in the original) at p. 90. The original pagination 

 is indicated at the bottom of each page of the reprint, where I have 

 also occasionally placed, in square brackets, a correction of certain 

 other errata, which escaped the notice of Turner when he drew up 

 his list of " fautes." The second part consists of a list, alphabetically 

 arranged, of the English names given by Turner (whether invented 

 by him or in actual popular use), each name being followed by (1) its 

 modem scientific equivalent, (2) the Latin heading under which 

 Turner places it, and (3) the page of the reprint on which it will be 

 found. I say "the Latin heading" rather than the Latin name, because 



