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 TO HIS GRACE A NOBLEMAN NO LESS DISTINGUISHED FOR HIS PRIVATE THAN HIS PUBLIC VIRTUES, AND WHO, BY THE VARIOUS SPLENDID WORKS WHICH HE HAS FOSTERED, PATRONIZED AND PUBLISHED, HAS EMINENTLY DESERVED WELL OF BOTANY AND THE ARTS, THE PRESENT VOLUME IS DEDICATED, BY HIS FAITHFUL AND VERY OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT,

W. J. HOOKER.

, Dec. 1, 1831.