DEDICATION 
~ What we have ented to your Lordfhip’s Attention in adorning 
our Kingdom with thefe foreign Elegancies, all know who 
have heard the Name of modern Botany; but none can fay 
how much the Science itfelf may ftand indebted for farther 
Improvements to that free Patronage i a Pleated to give 
to all who cultivate true Knowledge.» 
Perhaps it is not too o much to hope, that under fuch Aufpices 7 
the Subject will be purfued fuccefsfully, till not a Flower of 
the Eaft or Weftern World fhall be ae in our Se, : 
till the Science, traced in Nature only, | 
Paulatim witia atque Errores exuit omnes: 
and the Glory of having raifed it to that ee fhall be 
given to Britain; and more sannedmtely:: to Pps Lordfhip’s 
Patronage and|Example. ff) | A 
| I have the Honour to be 
with ie higheft Regard, 
My Lord, 
—Lour Lordfhip’s 
~ Moft obedion, 
and moft humble Servant, 
St. Fames's Street, 
WVov. 5. 1757. 
