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IN GRATITUDE FOR MANY PAST KINDNESSES SHOWN TO ME, 

 Ta THE 



MASTER, WARDENS, ASSISTANTS, AND COMMONALTY 



OF THE 



COMPANY OF GARDENERS OF LONDON, 



WHO ARE CONTINOING THEIR WORK FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF 

 HORTICOLTURE, WHICH HAS BEEN MAINTAINED SINCE PRIOR TO THEIR RECOGNITION 

 BY THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON IN I345, AS THE FRATERNITY OF 

 THE GARDENERS OF THE EARLS, BARONS, CLERKS, AND CITIZENS OF LONDON, AND WHO 

 RECEIVED THE RECOGNITION OF INCORPORATION FROM KING JAMES I, BY LETTERS 

 PATENT UNDER THE GREAT SEAL IN 1605 AND t6l6. 



