TO 
* 
WILLIAM TOWNSEND AITON, ESQ. 
AUTHOR OF THE SECOND EDITION OF THE HORTUS KEWENSIS, AND 
THE ABLE DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL GARDENS OF KEW, 
WHO HAS HONOURED THIS WORK WITH HIS PATRONAGE AND 
VALUABLE ASSISTANCE, 
THIS SECOND VOLUME OF THE NEW SERIES 
OF 
THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE 
IS DEDICATED, 
_-~~—.-WITH SENTIMENTS OF THE HIGHEST REGARD AND ESTEEM, 
BY HIS FAITHFUL, 
AND VERY OBEDIENT FRIEND AND SERVANT, 
W. J. HOOKER. 
