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Excerpt from Peter Parley's Cyclopedia of Botany: Including Familiar Descriptions of Trees, Shrubs, and Plants Beside these three principal divisions, the reader will notice in the table of contents, directions for the Pre serving of Plants, and a Glossary of Botanical Terms. He will also observe, at page 326, an Index of Com mon Names, which may be found convenient. If the reader wishes to find the description of any plant of which he only knows the common name, he may find it in this Index, and that will refer him to the place where it is described. It may be proper to add, that the Introductory part of the work has been compiled from various sources, and lays no claim to originality. The descriptive. Por tion is the result of considerable research and some observation. From the writer's experience, in the pur suit of botanical knowledge, he feels justified in the belief that this little volume will prove practically use ful, and will serve to extend the knowledge of this delightful branch of natural science. If it shall lure the youth of our country more frequently to the for est and the field, and teach them to look with deeper interest into their vegetable mysteries, it will answer the chief design of the author. 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.