PREFACE 



By the large circulation the First Edition of jny 

 book on " Stove and Greenhouse Fohage Plants " 

 has received, I have been induced to bring out a 

 Second one, in which I have introduced many new 

 Dracsenas, Crotons, and other new plants, also fresh 

 engravings, which I hope will be found useful and 

 instructive to my readers. The First Edition has- 

 been circulated in all parts of the civilised world, 

 and I hope it has been the means of increasing 

 horticulture, and also the taste for foliage plants, 

 as they are the most useful for decorating our 

 Conservatories, Stoves, Halls, Dinner Tables, &c., 

 always giving a delight to those whose tastes tend 

 towards nature and her charming productions. From 

 correspondents I hear how it has been appreciated, 

 and I find that it has increased the taste of 

 Amateurs, as being useful as a reference. I hope 

 the present edition may receive as good a reception 



as the first. 



B. S. WILLIAMS. 



Victoria and Paeadise Nueseeies, 

 Uppeb Hollowat, London, K., 

 May, 1876. 



