BOTANICAL NAMES

FOR

ENGLISH READERS.

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LONDON:

E. NEWMAN, PRINTER, 32, BOTOLPH LANE,

EASTCHEAP, E.C.

BOTANICAL NAMES

FOR

ENGLISH READERS.

BY

RANDAL H. ALCOCK.

"There may be a difference of opinion as to the advantage of spending much
time upon the study of Botany; but there is one opinion only as to the importance
of knowing the names of the plants of which man has to make use, or which he is
continually meeting with."-LINDLEY.

LONDON:

L. REEVE & CO., 5, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN,

ΤΟ

THE REV. JOHN WRIGHT, B.A.,

Of Bath,

AS A SMALL TOKEN OF PERSONAL ESTEEM,

AND OF

ADMIRATION FOR HIS PRACTICAL ENCOURAGEMENT OF RATIONAL THOUGHT

AND EXTENDED EDUCATION

AMONG ALL CLASSES DURING A NUMBER OF YEARS,

AND AS TO A

DEAR FRIEND,

This Volume is Dedicated by

R. H. ALCOCK.