Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms

TO THE

RIGHT HONOURABLE

SIR JOSEPH BANKS, BART. K.B.

PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY,

AND

SIR JAMES EDWARD SMITH, M.D. F.R.S.

PRESIDENT OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY,

THIS PUBLICATION IS INSCRIBED.

TO THE LIST OF THESE EMINENT MEN, I HAVE BEEN DESIROUS OF ADDING THE NAMES OF THOSE IN THE WORLD, AS WELL AS IN THIS COUNTRY, WHO ARE DISTINGUISHED IN SCIENCE AND IN NATURAL HISTORY.

THAT I AM NOT ABLE WITH THE LATTER TO HAVE THE HONOUR OF BEING ACQUAINTED, I REGRET; BUT FOR THE SCIENCE OF BOTANY, I HAVE A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT AND ESTEEM.

THAT THIS TRIFLE OF GRATITUDE MAY NOT PROVE UNWORTHY OF THEIR ACCEPTANCE, IS THE SINCERE DESIRE OF THEIR

MOST FAITHFUL

HUMBLE SERVANT,

J. SOWERBY