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HE accompan_ying pages make no pretensions to being either 

 a Manual of Gardening or a Treatise on Botany, but are a 



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-t -SifiC simple chronicle of some of the familiar flowers to be met 



""M'^ with in our Indian gardens. 

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To many who have seen the flowers, the plates may 



appear meagre and unsatisfactory, conveying but a poor idea ot the 



size and massiveness of the originals ; but it has been impossible to 



rectify this without adding considerably to the cost of the book, and 



thereby making a more pretentious volume than this claims to be. 



It is unnecessary to enumerate here the names of authors whose 

 books have been consulted, as they are appended to the quotations. 



Notwithstanding its numerous shortcomings, the Author hopes the 

 book ma}' be valued by old Indians, who have, perhaps, spent many 

 happy leisure hours in the culture of these lovely plants, and also by 

 those who delitrht to hear of the works of the Creator in all regions 

 and in all climes. 



Chota Nagpore, 1S7S. 



