TO 
JOSEPH SABINE, Ese. 
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL, ANTIQUARIAN, LINNEAN, AND HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETIES OF LONDON; 3 
SECRETARY OF THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY; 
MEMBER OF THE IMPERIAL SOCIETY NATUR CURIOSORUM OF MOSCOW, 
OF THE ROYAL G@CONOMICAL SOCIETY OF POTSDAM, &c. 
THE FOLLOWING WORK 
IS DEDICATED 
IN TESTIMONY OF THE HIGH RESPECT. 
OF HIS VERY FAITHFUL AND OBEDIENT SERVANT, 
THE AUTHOR. 
