THIS PRESENT NUMBER 



OF THE 



ENGLISH FUNGI, 



DESIGNED PARTICULARLY FROM MOTIVES OF HUMANITY WITH REGARD 

 TO MY FELLOW CREATURES IN THIS LIFE, 



I BEG LEAVE TO DEDICATE 



TO THE 



Rev. HUGH DAYIES, F. L. S. 



OF BEAVMARES, 



WHOSE KINDNESS HAS MUCH CONTRIBUTED TO ELUCIDATE IT, 



AND OF WHOSE HUMANITY AND BENEVOLENCE 



I HAVE HAD PLEASING EXPERIENCE: 



THAT IT MAY BE ACCEPTED BY HIM AS A SINCERE TOKEN 



OF THE MOST LIVELY ESTEEM AND GRATITUDE, 



IS THE WISH OF HIS 



HUMBLE AND FAITHFUL SERVANT, 



JAMES SOWER BY. 



No. 2, Mead Place, Lambeth, 

 Jpril 1st, 1809. 



