TO THE 



HONOURABLE THE COUKT OE DIRECTORS 



or THE 



EAST INDIA COMPANY. 



AS A TESTIMONY OF THE IMPORTANT SERVICES RENDERED IV 



S C I E N C E 



IX THEIR PRINCELY PAVRONAOiE OF 



BOTANY, 



BY WHICH THE PLANTS OF THE VAST POSSESSIONS I Nin U 



THEIR SWAY, 



HAVE BEEN MADE KNOWN AND :\tlNIFlCENTLY DISTKIBITED 

 THROlOHOir IHF WHOIK Cn ILl/EO WOKIP. 



THE PRESENT WOUK IS Dr.nUWTI-n. 



Wiril SENTIMENTS OF THE HIGHEST ADMIRATION AND ESTEEM. 

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W. .1. HOOKER, LI., n. 



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