TO
THE RIGHT HONORABLE JOHN LORD ELPllINSTONE,
GOVERNOR OF THE PRESIDENCY
OP
FORT ST. GEORGE :
THIS ATTEMPT
TO EXTEND AND IMPROVE,
BY MEANS OF COLOURED FIGURES
AND
BOTANICAL OBSERVATIONS,
THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE VEGETABLE PRODUCTS OF INDIA,
ESPECIALLY OF THOSE TERRITORIES
. ENTRUSTED TO HIS LORDSHIP’S GOVERNMENT,
IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED
BY HIS LORDSHIP’S OBLIGED AND
OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT,
ROBERT WIGHT.
