TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS 
DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE, 
TH THE NUMEROUS VIRTUES AND EXCELLENCES WHICH ADORN, AND EVEN ENNOBLE 
SUCH ILLUSTRIOUS RANK, COMBINES AN ENLIGHTENED ADMIRATION OF NATURAL 
BEAUTIES, AND AN UNOBTRUSIVE BUT BENIGNANT AND PRINCELY 
PATRONAGE OF BOTANICAL INTERESTS, 
THE MAGAZINE OF BOTANY 
THROUGH HER ROYAL HIGHNESS'S GRACIOUS PLEASURE, 
MOST SUBMISSIVELY DEDICATED, 
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS S VERY OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT, 
JOSEPH PAXTON. 
