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indispensable adjunct to the work itself; for it will serve to shew the unlearned how far innovations in nomenclature are fit to be adopted, and which of the alterations that have from time to time been actually admitted into the work, appear, upon deliberate consideration, to deserve perpetuation. The number of errors requiring correction is not considerable, but it will be found, by a reference to the index, that they have been made unsparingly, and without the least regard to personal considerations.

It has appeared to the Editor desirable to take advantage of this opportunity, for publishing at once a detailed account of the vegetation of one of the most interesting of the British Colonial possessions, from which multitudes of seeds are now continually arriving, and of which it is absolutely necessary for the lover of gardens to have some knowledge, if he would avoid the vexation of buying plants of no value under high sounding and imposing names. It is probable that for some years to come, few species deserving cultivation, will be received from Swan River, beyond such as are noticed in this Appendix, which will therefore, it is hoped, form a useful guide to purchasers in this country, and enable those who reside in the colony, or who have friends there, to judge on the one hand what to send home, and on the other, what to ask their correspondents to collect.

The utility of such a work to those who wish to become acquainted with the Botany of the Swan River Colony, for colonial or mercantile purposes, does not require to be insisted on.