TO 
JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR, M.D., ERS, 
PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, ETC, 
My pear Batrotr, 
To no one is the dedication of a volume of the “ Borani- 
cat MaGavtNE” more prominently due than to yourself, whether as the 
distinguished head of the greatest botanical school in this kingdom, 
or as the Director of a Garden which has long been most eminent, 
both in a Botanical and a Horticultural point of view, and which has 
moreover contributed so much to the value and interest of this work. 
To these motives, let. me add the uninterrupted friendship which [ 
have enjoyed ever since we together commenced our botanical careers, 
now nearly forty years ago. 
Believe me ever, 
Very sincerely yours; 
JOS. D. HOOKER. 
Royat Garpens, Kew, 
Dec. 1st, 1872. 
