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ONOURABLE SIR JAMES W. COLVILE, KNT, 
PUISNE JUDGE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALCUTTA, ETO., 
PRESIDENT OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 
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ONOURABLE SIR LAURENCE PEEL, KNT, 
CHIEF JUDGE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALCUTTA, ETC., 
PRESIDENT OF THE AGRI-HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF INDIA, 
Chis Work is Dedicated, 
IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THEIR EMINENT SERVICES IN PROMOTING THE DIFFUSION OF SCIENCE AND 
OF HORTICULTURE IN INDIA, 
BY THEIR FAITHFUL AND OBLIGED FRIEND, 
JOSEPH D. HOOKER. 
Roya Garpens, Kew, 
June 30, 1855. 
