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this as it may, we may well feel proud of the list of indigenous 
species which we can show, and -which can be vouched by the 
experience of collectors still living, or the existence of specimens 
whose habitats are not open to doubt. It is to be regretted that 
in the difficult genera Rosa, Rubus and Salix, and the sub-genus of 
Batrachian Ranunculi, for the study of all of which the county 
affords great opportunities, no local botanists are known to havo 
made themselves specialists of late years ; there can be but little 
doubt of the success which would await anyone having time and 
leisure to devote to any one of these subjects. 
The nomenclature and arrangement used in compiling the list 
are, as far as possible, those of the Seventh Edition of the 
“ London Catalogue.” 
I have to thank specially the Rev. E. W. Dowell, and John 
Lowe, Esq., M.D., for lists of plants occurring in their own dis- 
tricts ; the Rev. Kirby Trimmer, for an arrangement and list of 
the genus Mentha, which he has made his speciality, and which 
is the only* really original portion of the list ; and lastly, but by 
no means leastly, my kind friend, Mr. Hampden G. Glasspoole, 
for his assistance in the compilation and correction of the entire 
list. 
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