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whence they are taken. A large number of the woodcuts 

 will be recognised as formerly belonging to my Handbook of 

 British Fungi, the use of which has now been granted by 

 Messrs. Swan Sonnenschein and Co. "We are also under 

 obligations to the publishing, committee of the Society for 

 Promoting Christian Knowledge, to the proprietors of the 

 Gardener's Chronicle, to Messrs. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 

 and Co., Messrs. Macmillan and Co., and Messrs. Chatto and 

 Windus ; for which they will please accept our acknowledg- 

 ments. 



Beyond this brief prelude I need not advance, as, under 

 any circumstances, readers would prefer taking their evidence 

 from the chapters which follow than from any professions or 

 explanations in a preface. To the student who seeks for 

 assistance I have offered all that I had to give, in the hope 

 that it will be found sufficient for his need. 



M. C. COOKE. 

 London, 1895. 



