PREFACE. 



On the completion of the Sylva Britannica in the 

 Folio Edition, the Author was intreated by several highly 

 esteemed friends to add a Supplement to the work, for the 

 purpose of including various specimens cf Trees which the 

 original limits did not admit of containing. But however flat- 

 tering those solicitations might be, his unwillingness to incur 

 the slightest appearance of trespassing on the liberality of his 

 Subscribers, formed an insuperable bar to his compliance 

 with them. To the wish, however, which has been very fre- 

 quently expressed, that the work should be brought out 

 anew, in a form of which neither the size nor expense should 

 place it beyond general circulation, not the most fastidious 

 delicacy could raise a scruple. The Author, therefore, 

 trusts that the present, comparatively small, Edition, will 

 afford a gratification similar to that which a lover of art 

 derives from comparing a finished miniature with the same 

 subject in full size— fidelity of representation being alike 



