ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



To those gentlemen who have so kindly placed at the 

 author's disposal their valuable stores of information, the results 

 of many years of experience and toil, the thanks not only of the 

 writer are due, hut of all who take an interest in the cidtivation 

 of fruits, flowers, and vegetables throughout the Dominion. 



From R. W. Starr, Esq., of Port WilHams, Nova Scotia, very 

 full and important information has been received concerning the 

 several kinds and varieties of fruit usually cultivated in that 

 Province ; and from Herbert Harris, Esq., of the Halifax Nur- 

 series, equally valuable data have been obtained with regard to 

 the ornamental trees, shrubs, roses, and flowering plants that 

 flourish in Nova Scotia. 



To Thomas Miller, Esq., of St. Johns, we are under obliga- 

 gations for much valuable information concerning the fruits ; and 

 to Mr. John Fisher, Florist, of the same place, for notes of fruits, 

 flowers, and vegekibles grown in New Brunswick. Our thanks 

 are also due to Eichard Thompson, Esq., of St. Johns, for like 

 favors. 



With reference to the Province of Quebec, we have been 

 greatly aided by the perusal of very full and very valuable notes, 

 embracing the experience of a long series of years, kindly placed 

 at our disposal by James H. Springle, Esq., of Montreal. 



To each of these gentlemen, and to all who have kindly 

 contributed of their valuable stores of knowledge, we desire to 

 express our most hearty thanks, though we well know they them- 

 selves feel amply repaid for any trouble they have taken, by the 

 hope that they may have in this way done something to lighten 

 the labors of some toiling brother. 



