By WILLIAM KIRBY, M.A. F.R. AND L.S. RECTOR OF BARHAM, AND WILLIAM SPENCE, ESQ. F.L.S. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR JOSEPH BANKS, BARONET, ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S MOST HONOURABLE PRIVY COUNCIL, KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF THE BATH, PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, ETC. WHOSE UNRIVALLED LIBRARY AND PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS HAVE FURNISHED MUCH OF THE MOST INTERESTING MATTER THAT IT CONTAINS, THE FOLLOWING WORK, IN WHICH AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO COPY HIS ILLUSTRIOUS EXAMPLE, BY POINTING OUT THE CONNEXION THAT EXISTS BETWEEN NATURAL SCIENCE, AND AGRICULTURE, AND THE ARTS, IS, WITH HIS PERMISSION, MOST GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED BY HIS MOST OBLIGED…
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