JOURNAL OF A HORTICULTURAL TOUR THROUGH GERMANY, BELGIUM, AND PART OF FRANCE, IN THE AUTUMN OF 1835.

TO WHICH IS ADDED,

A CATALOGUE OF THE DIFFERENT SPECIES OF CACTEÆ

IN THE GARDENS AT WOBURN ABBEY.

BY JAMES FORBES, A.L.S.,

CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, AUTHOR OF "HORTUS WOBURNENSIS," ETC.

LONDON: JAMES RIDGWAY AND SONS, PICCADILLY.

1837.

CHELSEA:

PRINTED BY WILLIAM BLATCH, 23, EXETER STREET, SLOANE STREET.

TO

M. OTTO,

DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, BERLIN,

THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,

AS A SLIGHT

TESTIMONY OF GRATITUDE FOR HIS KINDNESS,

AND AS A

TRIBUTE TO HIS INDEFATIGABLE ZEAL

IN THE

PROMOTION OF BOTANICAL SCIENCE,

BY HIS OBLIGED AND FAITHFUL SERVANT,

JAMES FORBES.