TO 



MRS. CORRIE, 



OF WOODVILLE LODGE, NEAR BIRMINGHAM, 



THE AUTHOR DEDICATES THIS WORK ; 

 AS A SINCERE TESTIMONY 

 OF ESTEEM AND RESPECT, 



FOR THOSE EMINENT, THOUGH UNOBTRUSIVE, 

 VIRTUES AND TALENTS, 



WITH WHICH, 



BUT FOR THE SCIENCE OF BOTANY, 



HE MIGHT NEVER HAVE HAD THE HAPPINESS 



OF BECOMING ACQUAINTED. 



Norwich, Sept. 27, 1820. 



