ADVERTISEMENT. 



THE AMERICAN FARM BOOK was first published two 

 years since, under the title of " A BRIEF COMPEND OF 

 AMERICAN AGRICULTURE." The favor with which it was 

 received by the public, and its extensive sale, have induced 

 a thorough revision, with the addition of several products 

 not previously mentioned. The Southern department of 

 the work has been enlarged from the personal observation 

 of the Author, during two years residence at the South. 



For most of the Illustrations of southern plants, the author 

 is indebted to original drawings mads for him by Don Jose 

 Maria de la Torre, of Havana ; and of those of the 

 shade trees, to the Publishers of Brown's Trees of 

 America. 



New York, January, 1849. 



