PREFACE 
The First Parts of the Floral Register and Auctarium, which 
now make a complete volume, have formed portions of The Botanic 
Garden, as published monthly. Number 193 (the first of vol. 9) 
contains the commencement of the Second Part of each, and in due 
time Indexes will be printed to complete another volume, similar to 
the present. Those who have preferred binding the Floral Register 
and Auctarium with the volumes of the Botanic Garden, should add 
their Indexes to the end of the Eighth volume, with which the First 
Part of each terminates. 
The Floral Register will be found to contain a great mass of 
information respecting all the most interesting plants which have been 
brought to this country, from every part of the world ; most of which 
have been published in various contemporary works, the titles of 
which will be found annexed to each article. 
We would solicit attention to the eleven hundred and forty-nine 
miniature cuts contained in the First Part of the Floral Register; which, 
in most instances, will, we trust, convey a clear idea of the habit and 
general appearance of the plants mentioned. The dimensions of each 
(given in the central column), with that of its leaf and flower, should 
