TO 



S?rr fHnsSt (Sracious iHnjrs'tH, 



QUEEN VICTORIA, 



UNDER WHOSE BENIGN AUSPICES 



THE ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR VOYAGE, 



LATELY MADE BY 



HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS ' EREBUS ' AND ' TERROR,' 



UNDER THE COMMAND OF 



CAPTAIN SIR JAMES CLARK ROSS, R.N., 

 WAS AT ONCE SKILFULLY PLANNED AND SUCCESSFULLY ACCOMPLISHED ; 



THE PRESENT WORK, 



ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE BOTANY OF THE VOYAGE, 



IS, WITH PERMISSION, 



MOST HUMBLY DEDICATED 



BY 



HER MAJESTY'S DEVOTED AND DUTIFUL SERVANT, 



THE AUTHOR. 



Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 Kew, May 1, 1845. 



