REVISER’S PREFACE 
“First Studies of Plant Life” was written for the instruc- 
tion of American students, and since the work was so admir- 
ably adapted to the wants of nature students, owing to the 
precise and simple manner in which: hitherto abstruse facts 
are presented, it has been revised so as to be useful to the 
British reader. The whole plan of the book remains unal- 
tered, but all types, names, and expressions that were essen- 
tially American have been deleted, and British types and 
hames of plants substituted. The illustrations have also 
undergone a similar revision, and drawings and photographs 
from nature of familiar British plants and scenery have where 
possible taken the places of unfamiliar plants and scenes. 
The drawings Nos. 62, 68, 69, 77, 78, 81, 92, 93, 96, 98, 
139, 189, 198, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 213, 225, 237, 238. 
239, 240, 242, 246, 250, 256, 283, and 286 are by the reviser, 
while the photographs Nos. 84, 100, 212, 218, 218. SiS a2 ee 
280, 281, 282, 285, 288, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 297, 
298, 299, 301, 302, 804, 308, and the frontispiece have been 
expressly done for the book by Dr. John W. Ellis of Liverpool. 
EMILY MARGARET WOOD 
HiGHER TRANMERE, CHESHIRE 
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