THIS PRESENT NUMBER
OF THE
ENGLISH FUNGI,
DESIGNED PARTICULARLY FROM MOTIVES OF HUMANITY WITH REGARD
TO MY FELLOW CREATURES IN THIS LIFE
I BEG LEAVE TO DEDICATE
TO THE
Rev. HUGH DAVIES, F. L. S.
OF BEAUMARES,
WHOSE KINDNESS HAS MUCH CONTRIBUTED TO ELUCIDATE IT,
AND OF WHOSE HUMANITY AND BENEVOLENCE
I HAVE HAD PLEASING EXPERIENCE:
THAT IT MAY BE ACCEPTED BY HIM AS A SINCERE TOKEN
OF THE MOST LIVELY ESTEEM AND GRATITUDE,
IS THE WISH OF HIS
HUMBLE AND FAITHFUL SERVANT,
JAMES SOWERBY.
No. 2, Mead Place, Lambeth,
April 1st, 1809.
April 1st, 1809.
