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K I N G .
PE R M I T , Sir, a fervant rendered happy
b y Y o u r M a je fty ’s benevulcncc, to obey
the impulfe o f gratitude, w h ich urges h im
to lay at Y o u r M a je ily ’s feet, this attempt
to make public the prefent Rate o f the Ro yal
Botanic Garden at K ew ,
Small as the book appears, the compoiition
o f it has co il him a large portion o f the leifure
allowed by the daily duties o f his ilation, during
more than fixteen years : in all that time
it has been thought w o r th y the affiilance
o f men more learned than h im fe lf ; a c ir -
cumftance, w h ich flatters him w ith the hope,
that it may not be found utterly unworthy
o f Y o u r M a je ily ’s infpedlion.
A s throughout his life he has unremittingly
attended to the iludies o f Elorticulture
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