
Vill PREFACE : 
An elementary icweleies of Botany, such as that contained 
in my “ Text-Book of Elementary Botany,” is here assumed : 
- the two books will be found to cover the ground required by 
the London Matriculation, the Senior Oxford, the Higher 
Kindergarten, Advanced South Kensington, and _ other 
Examinations. The new syllabuses of these Examinations 
rightly lay much stress on the practical observation of plant 
life, and it is hoped that this book will prove helpful in this 
branch of Nature Study. 
With regard to the illustrations, it is only necessary to say. 
that they have been done especially for this book by Miss 
W. L. Boys-Smith, whose work in the ‘‘ Elementary Botany ” 
has been so widely commended. Iam much indebted to her 
for all the trouble she has taken, especially with the Histology 
section. 
_ Lastly, I wish to express my thanks to al those—too 
numerous to mention—who in various ways have kindly 
helped me, more particularly to Miss Margery Reid, B.Sc., for 
special help with Part I, and permission to use her map 
illustrating the distribution of plants, and to Miss Amy 
Johnson, B.Sc., without whose constant assistance I should 
scarcely have ventured to write this book. She has carefully 
read over all the proof-sheets, and her suggestive criticism has 
been invaluable. 
To the kindness of Mr. G. W. Hedley, of Cheltenham 
College, I am indebted for very useful lists of plants and their 
habitats ; his list of water-plants found in Coombe Hill Canal 
is given in Appendix B, 
CHARLOTTE L. LAURIE. 
CHELTENHAM. 
September, 1903. 
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