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Preface. and objects that are amongst the wonders of the vegetable kingdom; and that these, thongh now accessible to travellers and familiar to readers of travels, are already disappearing or are doomed shortly to disappear before the axe and the forest fires, the plongh and the flock, of the ever advancing settler or colonist. Such scenes can never be renewed by nature, nor when once effaced can they be pictured to the minds eye, except by means of such records as this Lady has presented to us, and to posterity, which will thus have even more reason than we have to be grateful for her fortitude as a traveller, her talent and industry as an artist, and her Hberality and public-spirit. The architect of the building (which may be described as classical and the principal feature of which is the gallery 50x 25 ft.) is Jas. Fergusson, Esq., F.R.S., who, actuated by the same generous spirit as his friend the donor, gave the plan and supervised every detail of its construction. J. D. HOOKER, DiEECTOR. BoYAL Gardens, Kew: Jwie 1, 1882.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)
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