TO
SIR HERCULES GEORGE R. ROBINSON,
GOVERNOR, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, AND VICE-ADMIRAL
IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG,
WHO HAS EVER
PROVED HIMSELF A ZEALOUS PROMOTER OF BOTANICAL RESEARCH,
ESPECIALLY BY
THE ASSISTANCE AND ENCOURAGEMENT GIVEN TO BOTANICAL TRAVELLERS,
AS WELL AS BY THE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS HE HAS HIMSELF
TRANSMITTED TO THE ROYAL GARDENS AT KEW,
THIS WORK
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.
