Preface. ix 
Latin, the derivation of the generic names is given, as a 
knowledge of the signification of a name materially assists in 
impressing it on the mind, or recalling it on seeing the plant 
to which it has been given. The specific names of frequent 
occurrence, with their meanings, are included in the glossary 
of terms. The relative size of the woodcuts to the plants they 
represent is approximatively given, in order to enable the 
‘reader to form a better judgment. 
The Second Part, devoted to Practical Gardening, calls for 
no special remark, further than to say that it was not written 
for the guidance of those advanced in the art of cultivating 
and arranging plants, and laying out a garden. 
A companion volume, devoted to Greenhouse and Hothouse 
Plants, is contemplated, should this meet with sufficient 
favour to justify the belief that such a work is needed. 
In conclusion, my best thanks are due to Professor Oliver 
and Dr. Masters, who have materially assisted and advised 
me; but I more especially wish to record my obligations to 
Mr. J. G. Baker, F.L.8., who kindly checked all the proofs as 
they issued from the press, thereby correcting many important 
errors which, in the absence of an adequate library, I should 
not have detected; and also kindly permitted the use of his 
researches in the petaloid Monocotyledonous plants. 
