DEDICATION, vii 



I WISH it had been in my power to 

 have rendered it lefs imperfedt, and 

 confequently lefs unworthy your ac- 

 ceptance ; but my prefent indifpen- 

 fable application to a ftudy of which 

 Botany is but a branch, obliged me 

 to finifh the work in lefs time than 

 I could have wi(hed ; neverthelefs, 

 I flatter myfelf that you will not find 

 many material omiffions, or capital 

 miftakes. 



Your permiffion to prefix your 

 name to this epiflle, is a proof that 

 you think the book may be of fome 

 utility, which cannot fail to fecure 

 me a favourable reception from the 

 public ; for this permifTion therefore, 

 I thank you moil fincerely, and in 



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