ADVERTISEMENT. 



I HE confined knowledge which young per- 

 fons, and even thofe of advanced age, are 

 lifually found to ppflefs of the nobleft pio- 

 <Juts of the vegetable creation, the trees 

 which compofe our woods and decorate our 

 parks and pleafure-grounds, fuggefted to the 

 writer that a brief defcription of th, m, in. 

 the form of a pocket- companion of the 

 rural walk, might be acceptable. But as 

 words alone would be inadequate to enable 

 any one not an adept in botanical fcience 

 to afce/tain the feveral fpecies, he has added 

 # fet of plates for illuftration, copied from the 

 excellent figures fubjoined by Dr. Hunter to 

 his valuable edition of Evelyn's Sylva. It 

 will be feen that he has neglected thofe 

 minute parts in the reprefentation which be- 

 long to the Linnsean Syftem, as it was his 

 purpofe only to "aflift the common obferver 

 in acquiring a vifual knowledge of each 

 fubjccl. 



4 J.A. 



