Curtis's
BOTANICAL MAGAZINE,
COMPRISING THE
Plants of the Royal Gardens of Kew,
AND
OF OTHER BOTANICAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN GREAT BRITAIN;
WITH SUITABLE DESCRIPTIONS;
AND
A SUPPLEMENTAL OF BOTANICAL AND HORTICULTURAL INFORMATION
BY
SIR WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, K.H., D.C.L. Oxon.
LL.D., P.R.S., and L.S., Vice-President of the Linnean Society, and Director of the Royal Gardens of Kew.
VOL. III.
OF THE THIRD SERIES;
(Or Vol. LXXIII. of the Whole Work.)
" No chilling cold deforms the beauteous year,
The springing flowers no coming winter fear."
LONDON:
REEVE, BENHAM, AND REEVE, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND.
1847.
REEVE, BENHAM & REEVE,
PRINTERS AND PUBLISHER OF SCIENTIFIC WORKS,
KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND.
TO
CAPTAIN SIR EVERARD HOME, BART., R.N.
WHO HAS LARGELY CONTRIBUTED,
BOTH
TO THE LIVING COLLECTION AND TO THE MUSEUM
OF THE
ROYAL GARDENS
THE BOTANICAL RESULTS
OF HIS LONG AND DISTANT VOYAGES,
THE PRESENT VOLUME
IS DEDICATED,
WITH SENTIMENTS OF REGARD AND ESTEEM
FOR HIS FAITHFUL FRIEND AND SERVANT,
- Royal Gardens, Kew.
- Dec. 1st, 1847.