VI 
PREFACE. 
be met with, it is to be hoped the botanical 
reader will regard them with a favourable 
eye. 
Let it suffice to say, that the mode of 
arrangement according to the last edition 
of the Systema Naturae is here followed. 
And as it has been found necessary by 
many experienced botanists, to abolish se- 
veral of the Classes and Orders of Linnaeus, 
in order to facilitate the study of botany 
such as may wish still to retain his original 
arrangement will find those Genera which 
come under the heads of the Classes and 
Orders that are abolished, marked with the 
designation which should belong to them 
according to that author. 
It having been suggested also by many 
as a desirable acquisition, tlie English names 
are annexed to the Genera in the Index, as 
far as known, together with their native 
countries, and number of British Species : 
there is likewise added an English Index, 
referring to the Genera and Species of 
plants, as described by Linnaeus, and other 
authors. 
The native countries of each Genus has 
been taken from the second edition of Lin- 
