PREFACE. ix 



often indeed voluminous and expenfive, but 

 they are fuch as will yield much pleafure 

 and fatisfaftion to the learner. 



Next fucceeds the common Knglijh name 

 of each fpecies, and afterwards the Scotch 

 and Gaiilic or Erfe names, fo far as they arc 

 generally known and received by the inha- 

 bitants. 



To thefe are fubjoin'd each plant's parti- 

 cular 'place of growth or native foiL 



To which is added its duration^ exprcfs'd 

 by the following figns, viz. O which de-' 

 notes the plant to hQ annua/, ^ biennial^ 

 % perennial, and T? a tree ov Jhrub, After^ 

 wards the time of flowering, fignified by the 

 following numbers, viz, \: 11. III. &c. 

 correfponding to the months of January, 

 Febf^uary, March, &cc. 



Then follows a ihort defcription of each 

 plant, or fome few diftinguifhing charadters 

 of it, fuch as were thought neceffary either 

 to point out the difference of fpecies moft 

 nearly allied, or to affift the learner in afcer- 

 taining thofe plants which are generally 

 Jeaft known, or but ill-defcribed by authors: 



fuch 



