Set- 
TO 
HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, 
THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA, 
ETC, ETC, ETC. 
Sire, 
Having been honoured by a condescending 
permission, I presume to dedicate to Your Imperial Majesty 
this Eleventh Volume of the Magazine of Botany ; on 
account of the work being devoted to pursuits on which 
Your Imperial Majesty has bestowed such liberal encourage- 
ment, and because it also contains an account of a Fountain 
which I have lately constructed at Chatsworth, by the Duke 
of Devonshire's direction. As this Fountain is the highest 
in the world, I had ventured humbly to share the hope 
which he fondly cherished, that its column of water would 
VOL. XI. NO. CXXXII. b 
