ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



IN the preparation of this work, I have received the 

 cheerful cooperation of many esteemed personal friends, to 

 whom I would here express my grateful acknowledgments. 



For many valuable suggestions with regard to the cul- 

 ture and general management of the Potato, as well as 

 for much important information respecting nearly all of 

 our American varieties of this vegetable, I am indebted 

 to J. F. C. HYDE, Esq., of Newton, Mass., whose long 

 experience in the production of seedlings, as well as in 

 the cultivation of established kinds, will give peculiar value 

 to this portion of the volume. 



The illustrations, so excellent and truthful, are from the 

 pencil of Mr. ISAAC SPRAGUE, of Cambridge, Mass., whose 

 fine delineations of animal as well as vegetable life have 

 won for him the reputation of being " the first of living 

 artists." 



I am peculiarly indebted to Rev. E. PORTER DYER, of 

 Hingham, for much valuable advice and assistance, and 

 cannot too fully express my obligations for the unvarying 

 kindness and courteous manner in which repeated, and 

 perhaps often unseasonable, requests for aid have been 

 received and granted. 



My acknowledgments are also due to Hon. JOSEPH 

 BRECK, author of " Book of Flowers," and late President 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society; to CHARLES 

 M. HOVEY, Esq., editor of "The Magazine of Horticul- 



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