TO 



JOHN MAXWELL, ESQ. 

 OF POLLOC, 



MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR THE COUNTY OF RENFREW, 



IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, 

 THE PORTION OF THIS WORK ENTITLED 



THE 



SYLVA SCOTICA; 



WITH THE HOPE THAT IT MAY AT ONCE PERPETUATE THE 

 REMEMBRANCE OF SOME OF HIS 



FAVORITE TREES, 



AND THE ESTEEM IN WHICH HIS PATRIOTISM AND 



BENEVOLENCE ARE HELD BY 

 HIS OBLIGED FRIEND AND SERVANT, 



THE AUTHOR. 



