TO 
HIS GRACE 
W.LDEL TA, 
DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, K. G. 
LORD HIGH CHAMBERLAIN or HIS MAJESTY’S HOUSEHOLD, 
&c. &c. &c., 
WHOSE ARDENT LOVE OF BOTANY AND HORTICULTURE 
IS ONLY EQUALLED 
BY HIS TASTE AND JUDGMENT IN THE FINE ARTS, 
SO EMINENTLY DISPLAYED AT HIS PRINCELY RESIDENCE OF 
CHATSWORTH, 
THE PRESENT VOLUME IS DEDICATED, 
WITH SENTIMENTS OF THE HIGHEST REGARD AND ESTEEM, 
BY HIS FAITHFUL 
AND VERY OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT, 
W. J. HOOKER. 
Giascow, Dec, 1, 1834, 
