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TO HIS GRACE
JOHN, DUKE OF BEDFORD, &c. &c.,
A NOBLEMAN
NO LESS DISTINGUISHED FOR HIS PRIVATE
THAN HIS PUBLIC VIRTUES,
AND WHO, BY THE VARIOUS SPLENDID WORKS WHICH HE HAS
FOSTERED, PATRONIZED AND PUBLISHED,
HAS EMINENTLY
DESERVED WELL OF BOTANY AND THE ARTS,
THE PRESENT VOLUME
IS DEDICATED,
BY HIS FAITHFUL
AND VERY OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT,
Glasgow, Dec. 1, 1831.
