TO 



ROBERT HOGG, ESQ., LL.D., F.L.S., 



8ECRETARY OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



My Dear Hogg, 



Pray accept the dedication of the hundred 

 and fourth volume of the Botanical Magazine, in token 

 of the high appreciation entertained of your long and dis- 

 interested labours in the promotion of practical horticulture, 

 and of the value of your many contributions to the litera- 

 ture of that important branch of botanical science. 



May it also recall to your memory the pleasant and 

 instructive visits you and I have together paid to horti- 

 cultural meetings at home, near home, and in far distant 

 countries. 



Very sincerely yours, 



J. D. HOOKER. 

 Royal Gardens, Kew, 



Dec. 1st, 1878. 



