ADVERTISEMENT. 



THE author begs to inform the purchasers of 

 this work, that it was originally his intention to 

 have given an engraving of the particular 

 description of cucumber and melon, which he 

 has been so successful in bringing to a state of 

 perfection ; and, in fact, a plate was executed, at 

 a considerable expense, for that purpose. Find- 

 ing, however, that although accurate in its 

 representation of fine fruit, it did not pourtray 

 the difference, nor convey the precise idea of 

 those qualities which constitute the superiority 

 of the author's; and aware that such would 

 have been obvious to every experienced gar- 

 dener, the design was necessarily abandoned, 

 trusting, that as it was merely intended for an 

 embellishment, its deficiency will not render the 

 work less valuable to the profession. 



