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whose merits I shall be disposed occasional¬ 
ly to pay that tribute, to which they are de¬ 
servedly entitled. 
V 
The generic and specific characters im 
Latin are extracted from.the Flora Eritannica^ 
to which I must an every occasion refer you :: 
those in English are taken from “ Wither- 
“ ing's Botanical Arrangement of British 
“ Plants,*’ a work valuable to all, but ines¬ 
timable to those who are unacq[uaintejJ 
with the Latin language. It would have 
been easy to have substituted my own tran¬ 
slation, but obvious reasons have induced 
me to prefer the plan which has been adopt¬ 
ed :—With the assistance of these excellent 
authors, the British Botanist will obtain 
all the information of which he is solicitous. 
In their society he must pursue his studies 
within the house ; the Flora Nottinghaviiensis 
is intended as his companion in the field.-— 
As such, it is presumed, that it will be found 
an acceptable manual to all, whom medicin e, 
AGRICULTURE, 01' AMUSEMENT, may incite 
