WEEE C AF EON, 
and Botany, he may, without prefumption, 
expect to have the fruits of his labours receiv- 
_ed with candour, by the cultivators of thofe 
valuable fciences; fhould they be “approved, 
his gratification will be extreme; but his am- 
bition has ftilla higher aim: the approbation 
of a Royal Mafter, to whom he is attached by 
every tie that gratitude, as well as duty, can 
impofe, is what he feeks to deferve; and, 
fhould Your Majefty be gracioufly pleafed to 
crown his labours by a fingle fentiment of 
applaufe, it will fatisfy, to the utmoft, the 
moit elevated withes of his heart; who is, 
with unfeigned humility, 
and uninterrupted attachment, 
“t 
Your Majefty’s moft devoted fervant, 
WILLIAM AITON, 
