PREFACE. 
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The Catalogue of Plants now given to the public, was presented 
to the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of Western India 
by the late John Graham Esq. Deputy Post Master General of this 
Presidency, and one of the Members of the Society. The following 
Letter, which accompanied it’s presentation, will explain the cir- 
cumstances under which it was drawn up. 
Bombay, July 20th, 1838. 
To 
JAMES LITTLE, Esq. « 
Secy. to the Agri. and Hort. Society of Western India. 
Sir, 
I beg to present to our Society a List of the Vegetable produc- 
tions of the Bombay Presidency, and to signify my willingness to 
see it correctly through the press, should the Society deem it wor- 
thy of publication. 
It has been drawn up with great care through the assistance of 
Mr. Nimmo; and not a single Plant is put down which has not been 
seen and examined by one or other of us. 
I need hardly say that such a List is much wanted by all who 
pay any attention to the study of Botany, and will save much time 
and trouble in consulting Books and figures. 
I am, &c. 
JOHN GRAHAM. 
Member of the Agri. and Hort. Society.” 
Viewing the undertaking in the light of a desideratum, the Com- 
mittee of the Society promptly and liberally accepted the offer, and 
the printing of the Catalogue had proceeded under Mr. Graham’s 
superintendence, as far as the 200th page, when death terminated his 
labours. ‘The remainder has been completed under the supervision 
of J. Nimmo Esq. who has been for many years a zealous and 
—successful fellow labourer in the same field of science. 
=2 The lovers of botanical Science here gladly avail themselves of this 
Opportunity of expressing their deep sense of obligation to’ Mr, 
“Nimmo for the cordial co-operation, without which this work 
= would not have been undertaken. The value of this assistance was 
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