Excerpt from Manual of British Botany: Containing the Flowering Plants and Ferns Arranged According to the Natural Orders Esq. Of the Glasneven Botanical Garden at Dublin, he is under very great obligation for their kindness in supplying him with complete Catalogues of the Floras of Scotland and Ireland respectively; and to them, to W. Borrer, Esq E. Forster, Esq., Prof. Henslow, the Rev. W. A. Leighton, and his other botanical friends and correspondents too numerous to record here, he takes this opportunity of re turning most sincere thanks for the great assistance that they have rendered to him by the communication of valu able suggestions, observations, and specimens. It is hoped that those who use this book will favour the author with information of any (even the slightest) add1 tion, correction or alteration that may appear to be neces sary, in order that it may be employed in the preparation of a future edition, as it is only through such assistance that the Flora of an extensive country can attain to even a moderate degree of perfection. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.