TO 



SIR WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, K.H., 



D.C.L. OXON., r.R.S., ETC. ETC., 



DIRECTOll OF THE HOYAL GARDENS, KEW, 



TO WHOSE trXCEASI3?'G ESEHTIOJ^S IN THE CAUSE OP SCIE^'CE 



IT IS MAINLY DUE THAT 



THE PEEPAEATION OP A SEKIES OP COLONIAL FLORAS 



HAS BEEN SANCTIONED, 



WHOSE LTBEEALITT IN OPENING TO THE USE OF BOTANISTS THE EXTENSIVE 



HEEBAHIUM AND LIBRARY HE HAS COLLECTED, 



HAS CONTRIBUTED SO ESSENTIALLY TO THE WORKING THEM UP, AN1> 



TO WHOM THE AUTHOR FEELS ESPECIALLY INDEBTED FOR THE 



MOST FRIENDLY AND CONSTANT ENCOURAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE 



DURING FORTY YEARS OF HIS BOTANICAL CAREER, 



Cfjis Moth is Bftiicatetr 



AS 

 A TOKEN OF THE SINCEREST ATTACHMENT AND RESPECT 



