TO 
SIR WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, K.IL, 
KNIGHT OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR, HON. D.C.L. OXON., 
DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL GARDENS OF KEW, 
ETC. ETC. ETC., 
THIS 
SMALL CONTRIBUTION TO THE LITERATURE OF BOTANY, 
A STUDY TO WHICH HE HAS DEVOTED AN ILLUSTRIOUS LIFE, 
Jfs trg Ms Ipermtsshra htseriMfr 
BY HIS VERY OBEDIENT SERVA.NT, 
S. P. 
BUterley, Salop, June 1, 1865. 
