THE EIGHT HONOURABLE 



THE EARL OF LINCOLN, 



ffiKotftf, arrtf 3SutRjms£, &c, &c, &c 

 THE PKESENT VOLUME, 



FIRST OF A NEW SERIES 



OF A WORK 



ESPECIALLY DEVOTED TO THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE PLANTS 



CULTIVATED IN THE 



ftopal Motmiic earfcms of ittto, 



IS DEDICATED, 



WITH SENTIMENTS OF THE HIGHEST RESPECT AND ESTEEM, 



BY HIS OBEDIENT AND DEVOTED 



HUMBLE SERVANT, 



W. J. HOOKER. 



Royal Gardens, Kew, 

 Bee. 1, 184o, 



