TO 
DECIMUS BURTON, ESQ., F.R.S., F.S.A., 
ETC. ETO. ETC., 
THE DISTINGUISHED ARCHITECT OF THE NOBLE PALM-HOUSE AT KEW, 
WHERE FLOURISH MANY OF THE PLANTS HERE REPRESENTED, 
AND WHO IS NOW PREPARING 
A CONSERVATORY IN THE SAME GROUNDS 
FOR THE 
CULTIVATION OF TREES AND SHRUBS OF TEMPERATE CLIMATES, 
The present Volume is Dedicated 
pe 
HIS FAITHFULLY ATTACHED FRIEND 
THE AUTHOR. 
Royat Garprens, Kew, 
December 1, 1859. 
