Transcriber’s Notes
Reading edition
Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication.
Corrected a few palpable typos.
In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_.
Included a transcription of the text within some images.
The “Notes” section (blank pages in the printed edition) illustrates leaves collected and pressed by a prior owner of the book.