PREFACE. 



THE following sheets comprise a part of the Contents of the Arboretum et 

 Fruticetum Britannicum ; and the Priced Lists at the end form a part of 

 the Appendix to that work. It was thought that some impressions of these 

 sheets, done up as a thin pocket volume, might be useful to Gardeners and 

 Amateurs, even though they were already in possession of the Arboretum ; 

 the bulk of that work rendering it inconvenient for use in the garden or the 

 shrubbery. The Priced Catalogues, it is thought, will be extremely useful, 

 as showing the kinds of trees and shrubs of which seeds or plants may 

 actually be purchased in British seedshops and nurseries, and the retail prices 

 of them. See on this subject p. 133. of the present volume. 



It is almost unnecessary to observe that the pages, figures, and plates, 

 referred to in the Hortus Lignosus, are those of the Arboretum et Fruti- 

 cetum Britannicum. 



J. C. L. 



Bayswater, July 2. 1838. 



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