TO HER EXCELLENCY 
THE 
MARCHIONESS OF NORMANBY, 
WHO, 
NOTWITHSTANDING THE VARIED DUTIES OF HER EXALTED STATION, BOTH IN THE WEST INDIES 
AND IN IRELAND, HAS CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO ADVANCE THE INTERESTS 
OF SCIENCE BY HER ENTHUSIASTIC LOVE AND STUDY OF 
PRACTICAL BOTANY, 
'^Sfe §M Folumt 
OF 
THE MAGAZINE OF BOTANY 
IS, , 
With the courteous permission of her Excellencyj 
MOST DEFERENTIALLY AND RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, 
BY 
HER MOST OBLIGED AND OBEDIENT SERVANT, 
JOSEPH PAXTON, 
