TO THE KING.

SIRE,

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IN dedicating this " HISTORY OF CULTIVATED VEGETABLES" to Your MAJESTY, the Author is sensible that the condescension of the SOVEREIGN, in accepting so humble a tribute, will be far more conspicuous than the ability of the Subject by whom it is offered.

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However deficient the Writer may be in

graces of style, he is not without a due sense of the advantages with which a high state of Cultivation has blessed these kingdoms. Under the liberal Patronage of Your MAJESTY, and your Illustrious Predecessor, the Arts of Agriculture and Horticulture have advanced towards perfection with a rapidity unparalleled in the history of any other nation, ancient or modern.