TO THE BEVEEED MEMOBY OF 



l^ 4^ihiT, 



IN WHOSE BOTANICAL EAMBLES I WAS SO OFTEN ASSOCIATED, 



AND FKOM WHOM I INHERITED THAT LOVE OF NATUKB 



WHICH HAS BEEN AN EVBR-SPEINGING 



SOURCE OF ENJOYMENT THROUGHOUT A LONG LIFE, 



I DEDICATE THIS VOLUME. 



