TO
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS,
THE PRINCESS MARY OF CAMBRIDGE,
WHOSE TASTE FOR THE PLEASURES OF A GARDEN,
THE FIRST AND PUREST PLEASURES OF OUR RACE, HAS MADE HER FEEL PECULIAR INTEREST IN
Cïje <®reat Rational ®sstal)lféï)tnent at Heto,
AND WHO,
CONJOINTLY WITH HER ROYAL PARENTS,
H iS EVER BEEN FORWARD IN PROMOTING WHATEVER MIGHT TEND TO ITS USEFULNESS AND EMBELLISHMENT,
T H E FO L L OW IN G F IG U R E S A N D D E S C R IP T IO N S
OF A SERIES OF EMINENTLY BEAUTIFUL PLANTS, DESTINED SHORTLY TO ADD NEW LUSTRE TO ITS TREASURES,
ARE MOST HUMBLY D E D IC A T E D ,
BY HER ROYAL HIGHNESS* DUTIFUL AND OBEDIENT SERVANT,
T H E E D IT O R .
Boyal Gardens, Kew,
March 15th, 1849.
