TO

N. B. WARD, ESQ., F.R.S., L.S.,

ETC. ETC. ETC.,


WHOSE INVENTION OF THE


CLOSELY GLAZED CASES


HAS CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO THE ENRICHING OF OUR GARDENS WITH


PLANTS FROM THE MOST DISTANT REGIONS,


AND TO THE


EMBELLISHMENT OF THE DRAWING-ROOM OF THE PRINCE


AS WELL AS OF THE


HUMBLE DWELLING OF THE MECHANIC IN THE MOST CROWDED CITIES,


This Volume is Dedicated


AS A


MARK OF THE AFFECTIONATE ESTEEM AND REGARD OF

THE AUTHOR.