TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE 
EARL FITZ WILLIAM, 
F.R.S. &c. &c, 
THE SEDULOUS AND STEADY SUPPORTER OF ALL THE SCIENCES, AND THE WARM BUT 
EQUALLY ENLIGHTENED AND UNVARYING FRIEND OF PRACTICAL 
BOTANY AND HORTICULTURE, 
OF 
THE MAGAZINE OF BOTANY, 
is, 
AS A TRIPLING MEMORIAL OF THE ZEAL AND BENEFICENCE WHICH HIS LORDSHIP HAS 
EVER EXERTED ON BEHALF OF THE PROFESSION, 
WITH HIS LORDSHIP'S COURTEOUS CONSENT, 
VERY GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED, 
BY 
HIS LORDSHIP S OBEDIENT AND MUCH OBLIGED SERVANT, 
JOSEPH PAXTON. 
