TO 



HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS 



Prince of Scales, 



K.O., K.T., K.I'., 

 THE EXALTED PATRON OF INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS, 



^his cHovk 



ON A GEN UK OF TIMBER-TREES, 



MOST EXTENSIVE IX SPECIES, 

 PRE-EMINENT IN TECIINIC IMPORTANCE 



AND FOREMOST IN COMPRISING THE LOFTIEST OF TREES 

 WITHIN THE VAST BRITISH EMPIRE, 



Es Jlcbtntteti 



IN HUMBLEST REVERENCE. 



