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PREFACE.
A slight change has been introduced in this volume. Afc
the request of many who have used the first part of this work
the derivation and meaning of the botanicul names have been
added. I should also have liked to oblige those who are
anxious to learn something about the economic uses and the
folk-lore of the various plants, but the limited space
did not
allow this addition.
The reader's attention is drawn to the fact that in many
cases I have riot given all the colours which may be observed
in certain flowers. I have not even always mentioned that
particular colour which is shown in the illustration. Many
flowers vary a good deal, even under the same or similar
conditions.
In one and the same species white and coloured
forms may be observed. Other species change their colour
under different conditions of altitude, soil or illumination.
We possess comparatively few accurate colour-records regarding
the flowers growing in the temperate and alpine regions of
Kashmir.
There is a vast field for further observations.
B. B.