TO THE MOST AMPLIFIED, AND LONG-CELEBRATED

IN HERBAL AND MEDICAL MATTERS,

PATRONS AND SUPPORTERS,

MOST HUMANE,

ENROLLED IN OUR BOTANICAL ACADEMY,

AND ALWAYS TO BE REVERED.

MEN

LORD LAURENTIUS

HEISTER original: "HEISTERO"

Court Councilor and Chief Physician to the Most Serene Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Primary Professor of Medicine, Surgery, and Botany at the University of Helmstedt, and also Prefect of the Medical Garden of Helmstedt, etc.

LORD CHRISTIAN WAGNER original: "WAGNERO"

Court Councilor and Chief Physician to the Most Serene Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach, most skilled in Botanical science and all Natural History, etc.

LORD PHILIP MILLER original: "MILLERO"

Prefect of the Chelsea Medical Garden, which is in London, and most experienced Botanist.

LORD GUETTARD original: "GUETTARDO"

Botanist and most deserving Chief Physician to the Most Serene Duke of Orléans.

A typographical divider consists of three decorative, scrolled fleurons or leaf-like ornaments.

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