Flora of Japan

Through your efforts, many of the Museums of Europe original: "Europaeorum Musea" have been expanded with animals, plants, minerals, books, images, coins, weapons, and tools never before seen within them.

Who, unless they had seen it for themselves, would believe that a young man original: "Iuvenem", supported by hardly any public subsidies, would bring back such great treasures of memorable things original: "rerum memorabilium"?

May the Divine Power original: "Divinum Numen" grant to you, best of friends! the years, the strength, and the means, so that you may describe the things you have collected in your own manner, and that you, being favored by fortune, may happily complete what you have begun!!!