VI 
PREFACE 
the supply of material for the artists to work from. The horticultural press has 
also been most helpful in this l’espect. 
The following is a list of the contributors and the initials appended to the 
particular chapters which they have written or revised:— 
a. h. A. HEMSLEY. 
a. r. ARCHIBALD PIPER. 
a. w. A. WARD. 
e. b. EDWIN BECKETT. 
E. m. EDWARD F. R. MAWLEY, 
j. j. w. J. J. WILLIS. 
j. m. J. MILES. 
j. mT. J. MTNDOE. 
j. o’b. dAMES O’BRIEN. 
j. s. J. SMITH. 
m. d. MALCOLM DUNN. 
m. t. m. Dr. MAXWELL T. MASTERS, F.R.S. 
r. d. RICHARD DEAN. 
r. l. c. R. LEWIS CASTLE. 
w. c. W. CRUMP. 
w. d. W. DALLIMORE. 
w| H. D. W. H. DIVERS. 
w. i. W. IGGULDEN. 
w| j. b. W. J. BEAN. 
w. s. W. SPINKS. 
F.R.Met.Soc. 
f. m. FREDERICK MOORE. 
f. w. b. F. W. BUllBIDGE, M.A., F.L.S. 
g. m. G. MASSEE, F.L.S. 
g. t. m. G. T. MILES. 
h. c. p. H. C. PRINSEP. 
j. b. JAMES BOYD. 
j. d. JAMES DOUGLAS. 
j. f. JOHN FRASER, F.L.S. 
j. h. JAMES HUDSON. 
For all chapters and sections that are not initialled I am solely responsible; 
also for the nomenclature of the plants, which is, of course, that in use at Kew. I 
may add that the exceptional advantages affoi’ded by my having access to the great 
collections of plants and books in the Royal Gardens made my task lighter than it 
would otherwise have been. 
W. WATSON. 
Kew, May, 190ic. 
