TO THE MOST NOBLE 
JOHN RUSSELL, 
DUKE OF BEDFORD, K. G„ &c. &c. 
iFourtfi Folume 
OF 
THE MAGAZINE OF BOTANY 
IS 
MOST RESPECTFULLY AND |^MBLV DEDICATED, 
IN CONSIDERATION OF 
THE UNWEARIED PATRONAGE WHICH HIS GRACE, FOR A VERY LONG PERIOD OP YEARS, 
HAS GIVEN TO BOTANICAL PURSUITS, 
BY 
HIS grace's MOST OBLIGED HUMBLE SERVANT, 
JOSEPH PAXTON. 
