TO 

 HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS 



ALBERT ED^V^^RD, 



Prince of Wiixks, 



K.G., K.T., K.P., 

 THE EXALTED PATRON OF INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS, 



Oif A GENUS OF TIMBER-TREES, 



MOST EXTENSIVE IN SPECIES, 



PRE-EMINENT IN TECHNIC IMPORTANCE 



AND EOEEMOST IN COMPRISING THE LOFTIEST OF TREES 

 WITHIN THE VAST BRITISH EMPIRE, 



S0 flcbitatil) 



IN HUMBLEST REVERENCE. 



