TO 
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE 
Sir JOSEPH BANKS, Baronet, 
KNIGHT OF THE BATH, 
ONE OF HIS MAJESTY’S MOST HONOURABLE PRIVY COUNCIL, 
PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, 
A MOST DISTINGUISHED PATRON OF BOTANY, 
WITH A DEEP SENSE OF HIS CORDIAL FRIENDSHIP, 
AND IN GRATITUDE FOR HIS INNUMERABLE DONATIONS 
OF THE MOST RARE EXOTICS 
TO THE ROYAL COLLECTION OF KEW, 
THIS EPITOME OF THE HORTUS KEWENSIS 
IS MOST HUMBLY INSCRIBED 
BY HIS EVER OBLIGED SERVANT, 
THE EDITOR. 
Royal Gardens , Kew, 
March , 1814 . 
