

Headers of this work who desire to communicate with the Author, are requested to address 

 to the Publishers, as the Author is ever anxious to maintain the strictest privacy. 



The Author's garden is not open to public inspection; it is, in the strictest sense of the 

 word, a private garden ; and, moreover, it is devoted chiefly to experimental purposes, which are 

 utterly unsuited for the entertainment of visitors, or to afford them any useful information. 



These notices are rendered necessary by the pertinacious kindness of strangers, who cherish 

 the belief that authors of books on horticultural subjects are of necessity traders in plants, and 

 exhibitors of themselves and their gardens. The Author of this work has no trading interests to 

 promote, and desires to enjoy complete privacy. 



