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the body of the work. All the figures, and one Latin index, are arranged according to the Linnean system.
Should this humble attempt be found deserving of patronage, it is in contemplation to carry forward the pioneering task thus begun, by continuing the series through Cryptogamia, so as shortly to bring before the public a cheap and complete Pictorial Encyclopædia of British Botany.
It only remains to be added, that the whole of the figures were drawn on stone by the authoress; and that the collection of specimens, from which a very large proportion of the drawings were made, was farmed during the excursions of the five last summers among the vales and meadows of the midland districts;—the woods, mountains, and glens,—the rocks and sea-shores, of the northern counties, and of Wales.
Lichfield, March 1, 1839.
Errata in the Figures.
Dele fg. 159, 181.
for Monecia read Monoecia,
In the Index.
Read Vinca major, 382. Vinca minor, 381. Atriplex littoralis, 1491. Atriplex pedunealata, 14901
Page 37, eight lines from bottom, for Trifolium resupinatum read Mellotua lecantha.
