TO 
N. B. WARD, ESQ., F.R.S., L.S., 
ETC. ETC. ETC., 
WHOSE INVENTION OF THE 
CLOSELY GLAZED CASES 
HAS CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO THE ENRICHING OF OUR GARDENS WITH 
PLANTS FROM THE MOST DISTANT oe 
AND TO THE 
BMBELLISHMENT OF THE DRAWING-ROOM OF THE PRINCE 
AS WELL AS OF THE 
HUMBLE DWELLING OF THE MECHANIC IN THE MOST CROWDED CITIES, 
This Volume is Dedicated, 
AS A 
MARK OF THE AFFECTIONATE ESTEEM AND REGARD OF 
THE AUTHOR. 
RoyaL GaRpENs, Krew, 
December 1, 1852. 
