NOTE, 
BY THE AUTHOR OF THE “ FLORA OF YORKSHIRE.” 
In offering to tire Public this Supplement to the “ Flora of Yorkshire,” 
I can lay but little claim to direct participation in the large addition of 
species and stations which has been made since the publication of the 
work, in 1840. 
At that time I took occasion to express my opinion, that many curious 
discoveries would reward the diligent observer, who might venture be- 
yond the beaten track, into the more secluded districts of the county; 
but I must confess, that I never anticipated that the number of species 
added would have been so large as has already proved to be the case. 
Had I myself edited the Supplement, it would have been a mere 
list of species and localities ; but Mr. Baker, with the assistance of 
Mr. Nowell, having with great kindness undertaken the management of 
the matter, (a task for which their labors in the special field of research, 
and their acquaintance with the general literature of the subject, have 
rendered them so eminently fitted,) I may with confidence introduce the 
Supplement which they have furnished, to the notice of my Friends and 
the Public, as exhibiting not only a very complete list of the botanical 
treasures of the county, so far as it professes to treat, but also as a 
•work calculated to lead its readers to the study and investigation of 
general principles. 
HENRY BAINES. 
Museum, York, 
Dec., 1854. 
