TO 



THE RIGHT HONOURABLE 



SIR JOSEPH BANKS, BARONET, 



ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S MOST HONOURABLE PRIVY 



COUNCIL, 



KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF THE BATH, 



PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, ETC. 



WHOSE UNRIVALLED LIBRARY AND 



PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS 



HAVE FURNISHED MUCH OF THE MOST INTERESTING 



MATTER THAT IT CONTAINS, 



THE FOLLOWING WORK, 



IN WHICH AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO COPY 



HIS ILLUSTRIOUS EXAMPLE, 



BY POINTING OUT THE CONNEXION THAT EXISTS 



BETWEEN NATURAL SCIENCE, AND AGRICULTURE, 



AND THE ARTS, 



IS, WITH HIS PERMISSION, 



MOST GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED 



BY HIS MOST OBLIGED 



AND OBEDIENT SERVANTS, 



THE AUTHORS, 



