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TO THE MOST NOBLE 
WILLIAM SPENCER CAVENDISH, 
DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, K.G., &c. &c. 
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OF 
THE MAGAZINE OF BOTANY 
is, 
WITH THE GREATEST RESPECT AND GRATITUDE, AND BY HIS GRACE’S KIND 
PERMISSION, 
MOST HUMBLY DEDICATED, 
IN TESTIMONY OF 
HIS GRACE’S ENTHUSIASTIC LOVE OF BOTANY, AND HIS EARNEST ENDEAVOURS TO 
PROMOTE SCIENCE IN GENERAL ; 
AND ALSO 
AS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE INNUMERABLE FAVOURS 
CONFERRED ON HIS GRACE’S 
OBLIGED AND MOST OBEDIENT SERVANT, 
JOSEPH PAXTON, 
