PLAN. 



A few explanations are desirable for the purpose of 

 rendering the use of this book as easy as possible. 



The names of the Orders are printed in large capitals, as 

 RANUNCULACEJE; those of the Genera in smaller capi- 

 tals, as Anemone; and those of the Species in Egyptian 

 type, and numbered consecutively in each genus, as 



1. A. Pulsatilla. 



The arrangement of the matter under each species is 

 (1) the Specific, or as Linnaeus more properly called it the 

 Trivial, name, as A. Pulsatilla; then the English name, as 

 Pasque Flower, when there is a real one, for the names of 

 modern invention are intentionally omitted; (2) the old 

 denominations of the plant as found in the works relating 

 to Cambridgeshire of Ray, Lyons, the Martyns, and Eel- 

 han, with occasionally a reference to an earlier or a later 

 author; (3) the general character of the places where the 

 plant grows, as " Chalk-hills;" followed in the same line by 

 its duration, as P., meaning perennial ; and its usual time of 

 flowering, as "April, May;" (4) the localities where the 

 plant has been seen. 



The localities (4) are arranged under the districts (of which 

 an account will be found in the preceding Topographical 



