TO 
SIR TREVOR LAWRENCE, BART. M-P.,, 
PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Dear Sir Trevor Lawrence, 
Allow me on this, the hundredth anniversary of the 
Bortanrcat MaGazing, to dedicate to you, as President of the 
Royal Horticultural Society, the volume that is the evidence 
of this work having attained a longevity far exceeding that of 
any other Illustrated Botanical or Horticultural Serial. 
And whilst thus commemorating your services to Horti- 
culture, I would associate with your name that of the Lady 
from whom you directly inherit your love of plants and 
passion for gardening—the late Mrs. Lawrence, of Ealing 
Park, whose liberality and whose rich and beautiful conserva- 
tories were set forth by my predecessor in the dedication to. 
her of the 68th volume (published in 1842) of this work, and . 
whose kindness to myself when a very young Botanist I shall 
ever hold in grateful remembrance. 
Believe me, dear Sir Trevor Lawrence, 
Faithfully yours, 
JOS. D. HOOKER. 
Tue Camp, SuNNINGDALE, 
December 1st, 1886. 
