TO 
SIR JOSEPH DALTON HOOKER, 
K.C.S.r., C.B., F.R.S., &C., &C., 
WHO, MORE THAN ANY OTHER WRITER, 
HAS ADVANCED OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL 
DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS, AND ESPECIALLY 
OF INSULAR FLORAS, 
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ON A KINDRED SUBJECT, 
AS A TOKEN OF ADMIRATION AND REGARD. 
