TO 
DR. FREDERICK MUELLER, PH. ET M.D., 
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 
ETC. ETC. ETC., 
THE ENLIGHTENED AND ENERGETIC GOVERNMENT BOTANIST AT VICTORIA, 
AUSTRALIA, 
DIRECTOR OF THE GOVERNMENT BOTANIC GARDEN OF MELBOURNE, 
WHO HAS ADVANCED OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE BOTANY OF ALL AUSTRALIA 
IN sO EMINENT A DEGREE, BY iris WRITINGS AND BY HIS TRAVELS, 
ESPECIALLY IN THE AUSTRALIAN ALPS, 
AS TO JUSTIFY THE RESPECTIVE GOVERNORS OF 
THAT VAST TERRITORY IN PROMOTING THE PUBLICATION OF A 
** FLORA AUSTRALICA,”’ 
The present Volume is Dedicated, 
WITH THE SENTIMENTS OF THE HIGHEST REGARD AND AFFECTION, BY 
THE AUTHOR. 
Royat Garveys, Kew, 
December 31, 1861. 
