xii PREFACE. 



error in the treatment of so complex a subject, we hope that the 

 pains ■vrhich have been taken to secure accuracy may have succeeded 

 in maJdng the work what we desire it to be, a trustworthy guide to 

 the topographical botany of our island, and a fitting memorial of 

 Alexander Goodman More. 



I^ATHABTEI. CoLSAlf. 



Begikaxd "W. Scdxlt. 

 Dublin, August, 1898. 



