Xiv THE ILLUSTRATIONS. 
the most accurate delineation of the venation—or 
system of veins—in the leaves. He has noticed 
that, commonly, in the illustrations—coloured or 
otherwise—of all botanical subjects, in existing 
botanical works, only an approximation to the 
accurate representation of the veining in leaves 
has been attempted. As the result of the most 
careful examination, leaf by leaf, of the Nature 
prints with the leaves from which they were 
photographed and coloured, the Author is glad to 
find that the work in the coloured plates in 
this volume has been executed—by the Litho- 
graphic Artists to whom it was entrusted—with 
rare fidelity to Nature—the veiing even to 
the minutest veinlets being delineated with sin- 
gular accuracy. 
The four wood engravings—executed under the 
careful superintendence of Mr. J. D. Cooper— 
illustrating the scenery of the New Forest, are 
copied, by kind permission, from four photo- 
graphs in the beautiful series of New Forest 
views of Mr. John G. Short, of Lyndhurst. 
Amongst the other illustrations are included 
wood engravings from drawings by Mr. Harrison 
