PUBLISHERS' PREFACE 



TO 



GRAY'S SCHOOL AND FIELD BOOK OF BOTANY. 



TmB work consists of the "Lbssoits in Botany" and the " PniiD, Foeest and 

 Gaeden Botany," boimd together in oru complete volione, forming a most popular and 

 comprehensive School Botany, adapted to beginners and advanced classes, to Ag;!- 

 cnltnral Colleges and Schools, as well as to all other grades in which the science is 

 taught. It is also adapted for nee as a hand-hook to assist In analyzing plants and 

 flowers in field study of botany, either by classes or individuals. 



The book is intended to famish Botanical Classes and beginners with an easier 

 introduction to the Plants of this country, and a much more comprehensive work, than 

 is the jyiANTTAI.. 



Beginning with the Jiret principles, it progresses by easy stages until the student, 

 who is at all diligent, is enabled to master the intricacies of the science. 



It is a Gramma/r and Dictiona/ry of Botany, and comprises the tommon Herbs, 

 Shrubs, and Trees of the Southern as weU as the Northern and Middle States, including 

 the commonly cultivated, as well as the native species in fields, gardem, pleasure- 

 grounds, or /touse culture, and even the conservatory plants ordinarily met with. 



This work supplies a great desideratum to the Botanist and Botanical Teacher, 

 there being no similar class-book published in this country. 



