TO 
THE REV. H. N. ELLACOMBE, M.A, 
BITTON VICARAGE. 
My prar Mr. ELLAcomsr, 
For upwards of half a century the Editors of 
the Boranicat Macazinge have exercised the privilege of 
dedicating a yearly volume to an individual distinguished for 
his love of Botany and Horticulture. 
Allow me, when adding your name to the list of recipients — 
of this modest tribute, to record my high appreciation of the 
value of your venerable father’s and your own intelligent 
‘interest and zeal in the introduction and cultivation of 
interesting, rare, and beautiful hardy plants, and your dis- 
interested liberality in the distribution of them amongst 
Horticulturists. 
Believe me, 
Most faithfully yours, 
JOS. D. HOOKER. 
Royat Garpens, Kew, 
Dee. 1st, 1881. 
