TO 
SIR LAURENCE PEEL, K.B., 
Sc., S¢., F€.; 
Chik Yustice of the Supreme Court of Calcutta, 
WHOSE BEAUTIFUL GARDENS ON THE BANKS OF THE HOOGLY 
STAND UNRIVALLED 
AMONG THE PRIVATE ONES OF INDIA; 
AND WHOSE HOSPITALITY THERE IS PROVERBIAL; 
THE PRESENT VOLUME 
IS DEDICATED, : 
WITH SENTIMENTS OF THE SINCEREST REGARD AND ESTEEM, 
BY HIS FAITHFUL AND OBEDIENT SERVANT, 
W. J. HOOKER. 
Royal Gardens, Kew, 
"Dee. 1, 1849. 
