Tiie object proposed in the present publication, is to supply 
the lovers of Botany with a set of Figures, which, the author 
trusts, may be relied on for accuracy, while every unnecessary 
expence will be avoided ; and in order to reduce the work 
within moderate limits it will be confined to a single species of 
each Genus of British Flowering Plants, which will be sufficient 
for all general purposes. 
The want of such a work must be felt by every Student of 
Botany, and the author has been induced to undertake it, chiefly 
by the complaints of his Pupils, that they could make but little 
progress without such assistance. He feels confident that the 
liberality of the Public will repay him for the labour and 
expence which the work will require ; and he has much pleasure 
in taking this opportunity of expressing his gratitude for the 
kind support he has already experienced. 
The works principally made use of by the author in com- 
piling the Generic and Specific Characters, and the Characters of 
the Natural Orders, are Sir J. E. Smith’s “ English Flora ;” Dr. 
Withering’s “ Botanical Arrangement of British Plants Dr. 
Hooker’s “ British Flora Dr. Lindley’s “ Introduction to 
the Natural System of Botany and “ Synopsis of the British 
Flora;” and M. Richard’s “Elements of Botany;” transla- 
ted by W. Macgillvray A. M. &c. All of which may be con- 
sidered as classical works with the Botanical Student. 
The latest publications on British Botany contain about 500 
Genera of Flowering Plants ; consequently the present work, 
agreeably to the plan adopted, will not exceed six volumes. 
Botanic Garden, Oxford, Feb. 25, 1834. 
