POPULAR 

 HISTORY OF LICHENS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



" God made them all : 

 And what He deigns to make should ne'er be deem'd 

 Unworthy of our study and our love." 



" Art's finest pencil could hut rudely mock 

 The rich grey Lichens broider'd on a rock." — Jane Taylor. 



The purpose of the writer in laying before the public a 

 familiar natural history of British Lichens, is to open up 

 a hitherto neglected, or at least little read, page of the book 

 of Nature ; to introduce to those who desire an object to 

 lead them to our coasts or hills, or who require a pursuit 

 combining healthful recreation with scientific interest, a 

 somewhat new, attractive, and fertile field of labour; to 



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