TO 



SIR JOSEPH DALTON HOOKER, 



K.C.S.I., C.B., F.R.S., &C., &C., 

 WHO, MOEE THAN ANY OTHER WRITER, 

 HAS ADVANCED OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL 

 DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS, AND ESPECIALLY 

 OF INSULAR FLORAS, 



ON A KINDRED SUBJECT, 

 AS A TOKEN OF ADMIRATION AND REGARD. 



