TO

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE EARL OF CARLISLE,

Chief Commissioner of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, &c.,

UNDER WHOSE AUSPICES

THE ROYAL GARDENS OF KEW

HAVE ATTAINED TO THEIR PRESENT DEGREE OF EMINENCE,

The Present Volume

IS DEDICATED,

WITH SENTIMENTS OF THE HIGHEST REGARD AND ESTEEM,

BY HIS FAITHFUL.AND OBEDIENT FRIEND AND SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.