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herbarium as well as of living specimens ; and to Messrs. J. Veitch and 

 Sons for allowing views of their Ferneries and Ferns in their extensive 

 collection to be sketched for the illustration of his work, as also for lending 

 — like Messrs. Birkenhead, of Sale, and W. Bull, of Chelsea — faithful drawings 

 from their catalogues, which, in combination with those made especially 

 by the Publisher, give the work a degree of attraction which it would 

 not otherwise have possessed. 



The Author also desires to express the obligation he is under to 

 Mr. W. Robinson, of " The Garden," for permitting him to make use of 

 some matter previously published by him in " The Garden. " To the late 

 Rev. Percy W. Myles the Author and the reader are greatly indebted for 

 having added the proper pronunciation of names which do not occur in 

 his nearly exhaustive and wholly invaluable Dictionary of Pronunciation in 

 the Supplement of the " Dictionary of Gardening." 



GEORGE SCHNEIDER. 



London. 



