TO THE 



HON. JOHN LOWELL, LL. D. 



SIR, 



I AM happy in being enabled to inscribe this 

 work to a gentleman whose name is so intimately 

 associated with all the great improvements connected 

 with Agriculture and Horticulture, during more than 

 a quarter of a century. The many valuable produc- 

 tions the donations from Mr. Knight, and from 

 other sources by you so extensively disseminated ; 

 your disinterested and distinguished zeal to encour- 

 age and enlighten in all useful pursuits, and especially 

 those to which this work is principally devoted, are 

 not only highly appreciated by contemporaries, but 

 posterity will know and acknowledge their value. 



Please to accept this dedication, not only as an 

 acknowledgment of the many favors received, but as 

 an expression of my high estimation of your manifold 

 and successful efforts in all that concerns the best 

 interests of our country. 



With the highest respect and esteem, 

 Your obedient servant, 



WILLIAM KENRICK. 



