JAN | 3 1926 fa* 
ADVERTISEMENT. 
LIBRARY 
NEW YORK 
BOTANIC A! 
Garden 
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The receipt of a fresh supply of valuable specimens, for 
which I am indebted to Sir W. Hooker, after the printing of 
the body of this work had been completed, has enabled me to 
add amongst the supplemental observations the description of 
several fine plants before unknown. The supplemental articles 
have been arranged in alphabetical order, as the most conve- 
nient for reference, and it will be apparent what place each ad- 
ditional plant should occupy in the consecutive arrangement. 
The reader is particularly requested to refer from Alstroemeria, 
Bomarea, Crinum, Habranthus, Haemanthus, Iiermione, Hip- 
peastrum, Oporanthus, and Sternebergia to the Supplement. 
From each of the magnificent umbels of additional species 
of Bomarea, I could only afford space to represent a single 
flower and leaf, which will be sufficient to facilitate their 
identification. The publisher having been desirous of offering 
some copies to the public with coloured plates, it must be 
understood that, where no live specimen has been seen in 
this country, and no precise memorandum of the colours has 
been given by the collector, the plates could only be made to 
represent the existing tints of the dry specimens, which are 
in many cases very fallacious. Those who have been accus- 
tomed to examine dry specimens, will however be able to 
form a better judgment by seeing what the existing colours 
are. 
It is my intention, as opportunities may occur, to prepare 
memoranda for rectifying and supplying the deficiencies of 
this work, and any communications relating to it, if left for 
me free of expense at the publishers, will be attended to 
thankfully. Any dry specimens, seeds, or roots, of newly 
introduced Amaryllidaceous plants, especially from the 
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