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a connecting link between the two, compre- 
hendino- an extensive district in the very center 
of England, where the G O D D E S S has 
scattered her beauties with the gayest and most 
partial profusion. — Nor is it from a transient 
or careless view of this delightful tract that 
the following work is composed. — Many of the 
specimens have been brought into his own 
garden, where under the constant superintend- 
ing care of a fair Associate, ( whose assistance 
it would be injustice not gratefully to acknow- 
ledge ) their various properties and manner of 
growth have been daily and hourly presented to 
his observation. — To the same amiable and 
interesting partner of his pursuits and labours 
he is also indebted for the preparation of an 
H ERBARTUM, the admiration of all who have 
knowledge and judgment to discern it’s superi- 
or beauty and excellence. — But this is only 
one of the innumerable obligations, for which he 
is proud to acknowledge himself indebted to 
her assiduity and attachment. — To the Rev. 
T. Martyn, Professor of Botany in the 
University of Cambridge, his thanks are due 
for an able and candid revision of his work, 
the XXIVth. Class excepted. - — To the 
Right Honorable the Countess of Upper- 
OssoRY, for the very generous occasional loan 
of books from her Ladyship’s collection : 
and lastly, since a late mournful event forbids 
the public exhibition of his thanks, he deems 
it 
