TO HIS GRACE 



JOHN, DUKE OF BEDFORD, &c. &c. 



A NOBLEMAN 



NO LESS DISTINGUISHED FOR HIS PRIVATE 

 THAN HIS PUBLIC VIRTUES, 

 AND WHO, BY THE VARIOUS SPLENDID WORKS WHICH HE HAS 

 FOSTERED, PATRONIZED AND PUBLISHED, 

 HAS EMINENTLY 

 DESERVED WELL OF BOTANY AND THE ARTS, 

 THE PRESENT VOLUME 

 IS DEDICATED, 



BY HIS FAITHFUL 

 AND VERY OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT, 



W. J. HOOKER. 



Glasgow, Dec. 1, 1831. 



