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Mr. W INCH 's Observations on his Flora. ==OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRECEDING FLORA.==

R EAD J UNE 20, 1831.
In collecting the materials for the preceding Catalogue Raisonné of the Flora of Northumberland and Durham no merit can be claimed, but such as is due to some degree of patience and perseverance, which, in a favourite pursuit, may be considered very trivial indeed. However, it is the result of more than thirty years' attention to our native Botany, and may prove useful to those who shall have leisure and inclination to follow up and extend these researches. The indigenous plants of this portion of England are numerous, considering its northern latitude, VOL. II, n n