In dedicating this Work to you, I am not presumptuous enough to believe
that I can offer anything novel in a botanical point of view, though
I am sure you are too generous a patron of the science to discourage
any effort, however feeble, which has for its object the diffusion
of a taste for such pursuits: my motives, however, are not of this
nature; I would offer it to you as a mark of respect and affection, but
more particularly of gratitude, for the warm attachment you have ever
evinced towards me, which has contributed so much to the happiness of
my life. With these sentiments, allow me to subscribe myself,
Your affectionate Daughter,