TO
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, Ca p t a in R. N., F. R. S. &e. &c.
AND TO
JOHN RICHARDSON, M. D., F. R. & L. S. &c. &c.
U NDER WHOSE AUSPICES,
AS COMMANDER AND NATURALIST OF TWO SEPARATE EXPEDITIONS
T H E POLAR SEAS,
A GREAT POR TION OF TH E MORE RARE AND INT ER ES T IN G PLANTS THAT ORNAMENT TH IS
VOLUME WERE COLLECTED,
UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES OF SINGULAR DIFFICULTY, HARDSHIP, AND DANGER;
T H E W O R K ,
THUS INDEBTED TO THEIR EFFORTS,
IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,
BY
T H E IR AFFECTIONATE FR IEN D ,
AND OBLIGED SERVANT,
W. J. HOOKER.
