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Excerpt from A Biographical Index of British and Irish Botanists Although our information is largely derived from printed sources, it is also the result of private letters of inquiry; and where we differ from the various published biographies, it by no means indicates that we have not consulted them, or that we are necessarily wrong. Most of our abbreviations are so generally used as to require no explanation, though we are conscious that, in this and in other points, we have not always followed a uniform usage. Pl. For plants, F1. For Flora, and Herb. For Herbarium need no glossary. 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.