TO 



MRS. SHERBOURNE, 



OF HURST HOUSE, PRESCOTT, LANCASHIRE, 



A ZEALOUS AND SUCCESSFUL COLLECTOR OF PLANTS, 



AND ESPECIALLY 



OF TROPICAL ESCULENT FRUITS, 



THE PRESENT VOLUME IS DEDICATED, 



WITH SENTIMENTS OF 



GREAT RESPECT AND ESTEEM, BY 



THE AUTHOR. 



ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW, 

 October 1, 1843. 



