PROFESSOR HEINRICH GUSTAV REICHENBACH, 



director of the hamburg botanic gardens. 



My dear Dr. Reichenbach, — 



The Authors of the ' Botanical Magazine ' have long 

 enjoyed the privilege of dedicating its successive Volumes to 

 individuals who have signally contributed to the progress of 

 the Botany and Horticulture of these Islands ; and amongst 

 these there are few, within late years, who have been so pro- 

 minent as yourself. 



In dedicating this Volume, therefore, to you, I am recording, 

 on the one hand, the obligations of British Orchid-growers, who 

 have profited so largely by the prompt and generous aid you 

 have granted them in naming their plants ; and, on the other, 

 of Scientific Botanists, who recognize in your efforts a scrupulous 

 regard to the requirements of a scientific system of nomenclature. 



I am. 



My dear Dr. Reicltenbach, 



Most faithfully yours, 



J. D. HOOKER. 

 Royal Gardens, Kew, 



December 1, 18<>8. 



