PREFACE. 
Tuts Abridgement of the Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum contains .— 
1. Characters and short Popular Descriptions of all the species and 
varieties of hardy trees and shrubs now in British gardens, with directions 
for their culture; including the soil most suitable for them, their pro- 
pagation, and their uses in the arts, &c. 
2. Engravings of all the species which are described, with the exception of 
halfa dozen. The whole arranged according to the Natural System ; all the 
engravings being to the scale of two inches to a foot, or one sixth of the 
natural size. 
3. The Scientific Names and Scientific Synonymes of all the species ; and 
their Popular Names in the languages of the different countries where they 
are indigenous or cultivated. 
4, An Alphabetical Index to all the species and varieties, with their 
synonymes. 
5. A Tabular Analysis of the Leaves, by which the name of any species 
of tree or shrub described in the work may, in general, be discovered, from 
a small portion of a shoot with the leaves on. 
6. Specific Characters, Descriptions, and Figures of some species, more 
particularly of pines, firs, and oaks, which were not in the country in 1838, 
when the large work was completed. 
In « word, though this Abridgement does not include all the interesting 
and useful information on the natural history of trees which will be found in 
the larger work, or any of the portraits of entire trees which constitute so 
distinguished a feature in it, yet it contains all that is necessary to enable the 
reader to discover the names of the different species, and to ascertain their 
culture, propagation, and uses in Britain; in short, all that is essential for 
the nurseryman, gardener, and forester. 
The most remarkable circumstance connected with this Abridgement is, 
that the Author has been able to obtain figures of nearly all the species. 
For the drawings or specimens from which these additional figures were 
taken, he is indebted to the kind assistance of various Public Institutions, 
and of several of the most eminent botanists and possessors of herbariums 
and living collections in Europe and North America. 
The Institutions to which he is under obligations are, the Linnean and 
Horticultural Societies of London, the British Museum, the Museum of 
Natural History of Paris, and that of Berlin: and the Botanists who have 
kindly lent him drawings or specimens include the late A. B. Lampert, Esq. ; 
Sir W. J. Hooxer; Dr. Linptey; the late Professor Don; Grorce Don, 
Esq., who prepared the characters of the Orders and of the Genera; 
Messrs. Loppices; the late Professor DeCanpoLtLE ; M. ALpuonsE Dg 
Canvo.tte; W. Borrer, Esq.; P. B. Wess, Esq.; Baron De Lesser; 
M. Micuaux; Signor G. Manetti; M. Oro; M. Cuarvtes Rauca; M. 
Francis Raucn, who made most of the drawings; and Drs. Torrey 
and Gray: to all of whom; to the Curators of most of our Botanic and 
Horticultural Gardens, and those of many foreign ones; and to all Nursery- 
men and Gardeners, both at home and abroad, who may have rendered him 
assistance, he begs to return his most sincere thanks. 
To the Council of the Horticultural Society of London he is under especial 
obligations, for their permission to make drawings from the cones and other 
specimens sent home by their collectors, DoveLas and Harrwes, and for 
authorising him to procure information from their intelligent and experienced 
superintendent of the arboricultural department of the Garden, Mr. GEorcE 
Gorpon, A.L.S.; and to Mr. Gorpon he is indebted for the ready and 
obliging manner in which, at all times, he rendered his assistance. 
Bayswater, April, 1842. J.C. L. 
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