PREFACE. 



THOUGH I have already appeared so 

 often before the Pubhc on the subject of 

 Fiorin Grass, I cannot decline complying with 

 the wish of the Archduke John or Aus- 

 tria, signified to me by Sir Thomas Ack- 

 L AND ; who tells me his Imperial Highness is 

 very desirous to obtain fiorin roots and sto- 

 lones from Ireland, and particularly from 

 mty with information and instructions on the 

 subject of this newly noticed grass. 



That his Highness was now cultivating 

 fiorin from stolones he had obtained from 

 Denmark, and was desirous to compare the 

 Danish fiorin with that of the country where 

 the plant was indigenous, and first brought 

 within the pale of cultivation. 



I feel myself highly honoured by the ex- 

 pression of the Archduke's wish; and in com- 



