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TO
THE RIGHT HONORABLE JOHN LORD ELPHINSTONE,
GOVERNOR OF THE PRESIDENCY
OF
FORT ST. GEORGE:
THIS ATTEMPT
TO EXTEND AND IMPROVE,
BY MEANS OF COLOURED FIGURES
AND
BOTANICAL OBSERVATIONS,
THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE VEGETABLE PRODUCTS OF INDIA,
ESPECIALLY OF THOSE TERRITORIES
ENTRUSTED TO HIS LORDSHIP'S GOVERNMENT,
IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED
BY HIS LORDSHIP'S OBLIGED AND
OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT,
ROBERT WIGHT.