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TO HER GRACE 
THE DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND, 
3*1)5 £becon& Volume 
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, 
BY HER OBLIGED AND DEVOTED SERVANT, 
JOSEPH PAXTON. 
