Soe eng, as 
TO 
Str RICHARD JENKINS, G.C.B., M.P., Chairman. 
‘ WILLIAM BUTTERWORTH BAYLEY, Esq., Deputy Chairman. 
WILLIAM ASTELL, ESQ. HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER, ESQ. 
CAMPBELL MARJORIBANKS, ESQ. HENRY ALEXANDER, ESQ. 
HON. HUGH LINDSAY. SIR WILLIAM YOUNG, BART. 
WILLIAM STANLEY CLARKE, ESQ. JOHN FORBES, ESQ. 
JOHN THORNHILL, ESQ. HENRY SHANK, ESQ. 
SIR ROBERT CAMPBELL, BART. | RUSSELL ELLICE, ESQ. 
JOHN GOLDSBOROUGH RAVENSHAW, ESQ. JOHN COTTON, ESQ. 
JOHN LOCH, ESQ. JOHN SHEPHERD, ESQ. 
NEIL BENJAMIN EDMONSTONE, ESQ. FRANCIS WARDEN, ESQ. 
CHARLES MILLS, ESQ. SIR HENRY WILLOCK, K.L.S. 
JOHN MASTERMAN, ESQ. JAMES WEIR HOGG, ESQ., M.P. 
DIRECTORS 
OF THE 
Monourable East-AHudia Company, 
THIS WORK, 
Illustrating the Botany and other branches of the Natural History of 
the stupendous Mountains which form the barrier between the British domi- 
nions in India and the territories of the Chinese; in which the Geographical 
Distribution of Plants, as connected with Climate, is considered, their Useful 
Properties detailed, and the principles which should guide their culture in new 
situations deduced ; 
Being the result of investigations when in charge of a Scientific Institution 
of the Honourable Company, and assisted by the information which has 
accumulated from their long-continued patronage of Botanical Science in India, 
IS DEDICATED, 
BY PERMISSION, 
AS A TRIBUTE OF THE RESPECT OF 
ee. THE AUTHOR. 
London, 28th November 1839. 
