Arboretum, Dr. Charles H. Peck, State Botanist of 

 New York, to Messrs. Ellwanger and Barry of the 

 Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y., to Mr. S. B. 

 Parsons and Mr. Theodore Lawlor of the Parsons 

 Nurseries, Flushing, N. Y., and to his friend and fel- 

 low park rambler, Dr. L. Frazee, of this city, whose 

 ripe knowledge, generous sympathy and cordial inter- 

 est in the preparation of this book has helped very 

 materially in its completion. 



The author wishes also to express his appreciation 

 of the skillful work done on his sectional diagrams 

 by Mr. Edward Yorke Farquhar of Flatbush. 



LOUIS HARMAN PEET. 



755 Ocean Avenue, 



Flatbush, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



