TO 

 HIS EOYAL HIGHNESS 



ALBERT EI3"W^A.Rr), 



§xma 0f Males, 



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

 THE EXALTED PATEON OF INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS, 



%hxB Moxk 



ON A GENUS OF TIMBER-TREES, 



MOST EXTENSIVE IN SPECIES, 



PRE-EMINENT IN TECHNIC IMPORTANCE 



AND FOREMOST IN COMPRISING THE LOFTIEST OF TREES 

 WITHIN THE VAST BRITISH EMPIRE, 



IN HUMBLEST REVERENCE. 



