X ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



ture," and President of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society ; to PHINEAS B. HOVEY, Esq., nurseryman and 

 seedsman, of Cambridge, Mass. ; and to DANIEL T. CUR- 

 TIS, Esq., seedsman and florist, and for many years Chair- 

 man of the Committee on Vegetables of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society. 



For information or other very acceptable assistance, I am 

 also indebted to Rev. CALVIN LINCOLN, of Hingham, Mass. ; 

 Rev. JOHN L. RUSSELL, of Salem, Mass. ; JOHN A. BUT- 

 LER, Esq., of Chelsea, Mass. ; EDWARD S. RAND, Jun., 

 Esq., of Boston ; Mr. AUSTIN BRONSON, of Enfield, N. H. ; 

 GEORGE "W. PRATT, Esq., of Boston ; Mr. E. HENRY 

 GREENWOOD, of Needham, Mass. ; Mr. CALVIN A. LIN- 

 COLN, of Hingham, Mass. ; Dr. THOMAS M. BREWER, of 

 Boston, Mass. ; JOHN M. IVES, Esq., of Salem, Mass. ; 

 Mr. JAMES SCOTT, of Hatfield, Mass. ; Mr. ALONZO CRAFTS, 

 of Whateley, Mass. ; Mr. JOHN C. HOVEY, of Cambridge, 

 Mass. ; Mr. ISAAC P. RAND, of Dorchester, Mass. ; Mr. 

 GEORGE EVERETT, of Concord, Mass. ; and Mr. CALEB 

 BATES, of Kingston, Mass. 



From a work entitled " Descriptions des Plantes Pota- 

 geres, par VILMORIN, ANDRIEUX, et CIE., Paris ; " from 

 CHARLES MC!NTOSH'S excellent " Book of the Garden ; " 

 the " Gardener's Assistant," by ROBERT THOMPSON ; 

 " Rogers's Vegetable Cultivator ; " and " Lawson's Agricul- 

 turist's Manual," I have made liberal extracts ; and lest, 

 in the course of the volume, any omission of authority 

 may occur where it should have been accredited, my 

 indebtedness to the valuable publications above mentioned 

 is here candidly confessed. 



