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parts of the country, who could collect many kinds 

 not in my neighbourhood, and who in thei|" turn 

 required many things that I could collect plentifully 

 enough : thus we exchanged the Orchids of the 

 Surrey hills for the Alpines of the; higher Scotch 

 mountains, and so on throughout the country. It 

 need scarcely be said that every student, cultivator, 

 or admirer of British plants should possess himself 

 of a manual by which he can identify the species, 

 and which will also probably hint where the species 

 may be found," and some other useful particulars. 

 Another valuable aid to some would be a " local 

 flora," a list of the plants growing in any particular 

 neighbourhood, or county, such, for instance, as the 

 "Flora of Reigate," Baines's "Flora of Yorkshire," 

 and Mackay's " Flora Hibernica," or the recently 

 issued " Cybele Hibernica." It might prove in- 

 teresting to some to cultivate the best of the local 

 plants, even if those from distant parts could not 

 be conveniently obtained. 



So much for books ; we will next turn to the 

 plants themselves, beginning with the natural 

 order of Crowfoots, or Ranunculaceae. This 

 is the order which brightens the moist hollows 

 in the Spring with the glittering gold of the 

 lesser Celandine, the meadows in May with Butter- 

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