TO 
GEORGE BENTHAM, ESQ, FLS, &c, 
SECRETARY OF THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
AN ARDENT PROMOTER 
(NOT LESS BY HIS PATRONAGE THAN BY HIS WRITINGS,) 
OF BOTANY AND HORTICULTURE, 
THESE TEN VOLUMES 
ARE DEDICATED 
WITH SENTIMENTS OF HIGH REGARD AND ESTEEM, 
BY HIS ATTACHED FRIEND 
THE AUTHOR. 
Kew, May 1, 1854. 
