TO 
SIR JOSEPH D. HOOKER 
G.C.S.I., F.R.S., D.C.L., &c. 
It was the desire of my dear Brother to dedicate this 
‘ Handbook ’ to the illustrious and venerable Author of 
the * Flora of British India,' to ichich ivorJc he was greatly 
indebted , and I am happy in being permitted to give effect 
to this wish. 
ELLEN A. COLLETT. 
London, 1902. 
