TO 
THE RIGHT HONORABLE 
THE COUNTESS OF DALHOUSIE, 
OF DALHOUSIE CASTLE, &c. &e. 
WHO, 
NOTWITHSTANDING 
THE VARIED DUTIES OF HER EXALTED STATION, BOTH IN 
THE CANADAS AND IN BENGAL, 
HAS RENDERED 
ESSENTIAL SERVICE TO BOTANY BY HER EXTENSIVE COLLECTIONS, 
AND BY THE INTRODUCTION OF MANY INTERESTING SPECIES 
TO THE GARDENS OF THIS COUNTRY, 
THE PRESENT VOLUME 
IS INSCRIBED, 
WITH SENTIMENTS OF THE HIGHEST RESPECT, 
BY HER FAITHFUL 
AND OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT, 
W. J. HOOKER. 
GLascow, Dec. 1, 1833. 
