TO 
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. 
Madam, 
It is by permission, expressly and most 
graciously accorded to me in person, that I have the great 
honor of dedicating this Tenth Volume of The Magazine 
of Botany to Your Majesty. I might have been emboldened 
to hope, from Your Majesty's habit of general condescension, 
as well as enlightened interest in a delightful Science, 
pursued within the happy period of the present reign with 
increasing intelligence and ardor among all classes of the 
realm, that the literary portion of my humble labors 
would have met, even in so exalted a quarter, with no 
discouragement: but this trust is materially strengthened by 
the indulgent approval, which, during the recent Royal visit 
