IV DEDICATION. 



that has so heavily befallen us since the com- 

 mencement of this work, which was intended 

 for your amiable and accomplished pupil ; the 

 loss of whom has fixed the cypress too firmly 

 in our bosoms ever to be entirely eradicated : 

 but as the study of vegetable nature is one of 

 the best cordials for sorrow, accept, dear 

 madam, the nectar its flowers offer, which 

 has proved so great a balm to 



Your devoted and affectionate Husband, 



HENRY PHILLIPS 



Bedford Square, 

 Brighton. 



