NOTICES OF THE BOOK OF FLOWERS. 



FAVORABLE notices of the Book of Flowers have multiplied on my 

 hands ; but all I desire in its praise and commendation has been 

 embodied in letters from eminent gentlemen which I have published, 

 and will not therefore occupy any space to record others. 



Boston, Feb. 9, 1856. 



The late lamented Gen. H. A. S. Dearborn, formerly Presi- 

 dent of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and whose opinion, 

 of all others, I most highly esteem, expressed himself in relation to 

 this work in the following complimentary and flattering letter : 



HAWTHORN COTTAGE, 



Roxbury, March 17, 1851. 



MY DEAR SIR : I have obtained, and read with great pleasure, your ad- 

 mirable treatise on " The Flower-Garden. " It is far the best work that has 

 been published in this country upon that interesting subject, and preferable 

 to any which have been imported for the New England States. The details 

 of cultivation are precisely those which were required ; and from your long 

 experience in rearing ornamental shrubs and herbaceous flowering plants, 

 which will endure the rigor of our climate, and your extensive and thorough 

 knowledge of the habits of indigenous and exotic plants, which have been 

 introduced into our gardens, entire confidence can be reposed in the instruc- 

 tions which have been given for the successful management of each genus and 

 species. 



Such a book as you have so timely furnished has been long a desideratum, 

 and will have a most favorable influence in extending a taste for, and in ad- 

 vancing, that branch of rural tillage, which adds so much to the beauty of 

 country residences. 



What gives great value to the book is the highly important catalogue of 

 Native Plants which you have in such a commendable manner introduced, and 

 recommended to the special attention of your fellow-citizens. We have too 

 long been in the habit of seeking in other countries ornamental trees, shrubs, 

 and herbaceous flowers, when we have such a large variety, and among them 

 many superior to those which have been imported as the product of other 

 climes. 



No one more highly appreciates the immense services you have rendered to 



