PREFACE. 
The vegetal kingdom now plays a great part in the world. By making 
a frequent use of plants and their products in Agriculture, Horticulture, 
Industry, Medicine &c. it is highly desirable to know not only their 
scientific and common names with the synonymous expressions in our 
mother-tongue, but also those of other modern languages. 
This work brings, therefore, under the form of a Vocabulary a special 
enumeration of plants, even of the newest discovery and their varieties 
in as . much as they may have an interest for the learned-man and for 
the horticulturist. At the same time, I beg to mention that the best 
Botanical books and Price-lists of first-rate seed-houses have been re- 
curred to. 
To make the book profitable for several countries I have adjoined 
three summary alphabets referring to the chief one, which, written in 
Latin, gives any explanation desired. 
Dr. William Ulrich. 
