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Excerpt from The Flora of the Parish of Halifax
HE Flora of a single parish, even though an extensive one, can, only justify its separate existence by being some thing more than a mere list of species. If its treatment of the local problems of plant distribution is not sufficiently ample to afford material for wider investigations, it can at the best appeal to but a narrow circle, and remain parochial both in name and in fact. It is hoped that no such reproach can be attached to the present work. Nor is this hope grounded simply on the fact that every group of plants is enumerated, with some approach to completeness, in itself a somewhat exceptional feature; but rather on the detailed consideration of each species and the application of Watson's principles, supplemented by a description of the characteristic plant communities. In this respect, perhaps, the Flora marks an advance in methods, and by describing the salient features of the vegetation of the Parish, is more likely to be of service both to residents within its borders and to botanists concerned with geographical distribution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
