TO 
MRS. LAWRENCE, 
OF EALING PARK, MIDDLESEX, 
THE BEAUTY OF WHOSE GARDENS AND PLEASURE GROUNDS, 
AND WHOSE 
MOST SUCCESSFULLY CULTIVATED VEGETABLE TREASURES, 
ARE ONLY EQUALLED BY 
THE LIBERALITY WITH WHICH THEY ARE SHOWN TO ALL WHO ARE 
INTERESTED IN 
BOTANY AND HORTICULTURE, 
THE PRESENT VOLUME IS DEDICATED, 
WITH SENTIMENTS OF GREAT REGARD AND ESTEEM, 
BY HER FAITHFUL AND 
OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT, 
W. J. HOOKER. 
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW, 
AveustT |], 1842. 
