THE Volume of my Scientific Lectures which contains a
chapter on Flowers being now almost out of print, Messrs.
Macmillan have proposed to me that I should reprint
that chapter, together with two subsequent Lectures, one
on Fruits and Seeds, the other on Leaves, as an additional
volume in their Nature Series, under the title of "Flowers,
Fruits, and Leaves." To this I have gladly assented, and
have taken the opportunity to make several corrections
and additions, as well as to insert several new illustrations.
For permission to use Figs. 80, 82-87, 88-90, and 95,
I am indebted to the courtesy of Messrs. Lovell Reeve
and Co.