TO 
THE RIGHT HONORABLE JOHN LORD ELPHINSTONE, 
GOVERNOR OF THE PRESIDENCY 
OF 
FORT ST. GEORGE : 
THIS ATTEMPT 
TO EXTEND AND IMPROVE, 
BY MEANS OF COLOURED FIGURES 
AND 
BOTANICAL OBSERVATIONS, 
THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE VEGETABLE PRODUCTS OF INDIA, 
ESPECIALLY OF THOSE TERRITORIES 
ENTRUSTED TO HIS LORDSHIP’S GOVERNMENT, 
IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED 
BY HIS LORDSHIP’S OBLIGED AND 
OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT, 
ROBERT WIGHT. 
