TO
T H E M O S T N O B L E
WILLIAM SPENCER CAVENDISH,
DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, K. G.
THE MUNIFICENT PATRON OF ART,
T H E P R IN C E L Y F R IE N D O F S C IE N C E ,
: ESPECIALLY OF BOTANY,
AT WHOSE COMMAND THE NOBLE PALACE AND GARDENS OF
CHATSWORTH
HAVE BEEN CREATED, RATHER THAN RESTORED,
IN TH E HEART OF TH E WILD H ILLS OF DE RBY SH IR E,
T H IS H IS T O R Y
OF SOME OF TH E MOST BEAU TIFU L
OF HIS FAVOURITE FLOWERS
IS GRATEFULLY IN SC R IB E D BY
HIS GRACE’S
MOST FAITHFUL AND DEVOTED SERVANT,
THE AUTHOR.
