FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON, AND OF THE LINNEAN WILLIAMS AND NORGATE, 14, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON; THE printing of this work has been delayed for a considerable time with the hope of obtaining a more satisfactory explanation of several names, some of them very common ones, which have baffled me in every attempt I have made to discover their meaning, and my personal friends and correspondents, and the periodicals, to which I have addressed my queries. There is now scarcely a promoting the study of county without its society for antiquities and natural history, and among the many accomplished members of these societies there must be some who combine with philology a competent knowledge of botany. If this volume should fall into their hands, and they should condescend to correct any of the errors unavoidable in all such enquiries, and to offer a better or fuller explanation of provincial or other obscure names, they would much oblige me by kindly directing my attention to any paper or periodical in which their remarks may be published. R. C. A. P. HALSE HOUSE, NEAR TAUNTON, AND 48, YORK TERRACE, LONDON, N.W. |