TO HER GRACE 
THE DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND, 
OF 
THE MAGAZINE OF BOTANY 
IS, 
WITH THE GREATEST RESPECT, AND BY HER GRACe's KIND PERMISSION, 
MOST HUMBLY DEDICATED, 
IN TESTIMONY OF 
THE ENCOURAGEMENT WHICH THE SCIENCE OF BOTANY HAS RECEIVED FROM 
HER grace's UNWEARIED PATRONAGE, 
BV HER OBLIGED AND DEA^OTED SERVANT, 
JOSEPH PAXTON. 
