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T O THE
RIGHT HONOURABLE
SIR JOSEPH BANKS, BART. K. B.
PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY,
AND TO
JAMES EDWARD SMITH, M. D. F. R. S.
PRESIDENT OF THE L INN^ A N SOCIETY.
THIS PUBLICATION IS INSCRIBED.
TO THE FIRST OP THESE GENTLEMEN I HAVE GREAT OBLIGATIONS
FOB. GRANTING ME ACCESS TO THE FIRST LIBRARY
IN THE WORLD, AS WELL AS MOST READY ASSISTANCE
IN ANY ENQUIRY WHATEVER RELATING TO
NATURAL HISTORY.
TO MY ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE LATTER IT IS OWING THAT
I HAVE NOT LONG SINCE QUITTED THE PLEASING
SCIENCE OF BOTANY; AND FOR HIM, AS THE
WRITER OF ENGLISH BOTANY, I FEEL
PECULIAR RESPECT AND ESTEEM.
THAT THIS TRIBUTE OF GRATITUDE MAY NOT PROVE
UNWORTHY OP THEIR ACCEPTANCE, IS THE
SINCERE DESIRE OF THEIR
MOST FAITHFUL
HUMBLE SERVANT,
No. 2,
Mead Place, Lambeth, Sorry,
Sept. ift, 1797.
J. SOWERBY.
