TO THE 

 RIGHT HONOURABLE 



Sir JOSEPH BANKS, Bart. K. B. 



PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, 



AND TO 



JAMES EDWARD SMITH, M. D. F. R. S. 



PRESIDENT OF THE LINNiEAN SOCIETY, 

 THIS PUBLICATION IS INSCRIBED. 



TO THE FIRST OP THESE GENTLEMEN I HAVE GREAT OBLIGA- 

 TIONS FOR GRANTING ME ACCESS TO THE FIRST LIBRARY 

 IN THE WORLD, AS WELL AS MOST READY ASSISTANCE 



IN ANY ENQUIRY WHATEVER RELATING TO ■* 



NATURAL HISTORY. I 



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TO MY ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE LATTER IT IS OWING THAT I 



I HAVE NOT LONG SINCE QUITTED THE PLEASING 



SCIENCE OF BOTANY ; AND FOR HIM, AS THE 



WRITER OF ENGLISH BOTANY, I FEEL 



PECULIAR RESPECT AND ESTEEM. ' 



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THAT THIS TRIBUTE OP GRATITUDE MAY NOT PROVE 



UNWORTHY OF THEIR ACCEPTANCE, IS THE 



SINCERE DESIRE OP THEIR 



MOST FAITHFUL 



HUMBLE SERVANT, 



J. SOWERBY. 



No. 7, 



Mead Place, Lambeih, Surry, 



Sept. ill, 1797. 



