APPENDIX 



OF RETROSPECTIVE RECOLLECTIONS, MISCELLANEOUS, OMIT- 

 TED OR FORGOTTEN IN THE RECOLLECTIONS PROPER, 

 CONTAINING ALL I HAVE WRITTEN SUBSEQUENTLY AS 

 FACTS AND INCIDENTS CAME TO MY MEMORY, WITHOUT 

 ANY CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. 



Here a few necessary remarks. When I came to the 

 decision to write my recollections it was with much 

 hesitation, though my children, seeing my deep sorrow 

 after the death of their mother, insisted persistingly, 

 telling me to write the history of plant as I had often 

 spoken of doing, or a sketch of my life from my young- 

 est days to this day, that such occupation would absorb 

 my gloomy thoughts and relieve my mental troubles, 

 and give me some gratification in reviving incidents 

 that happened 75 years ago or more. My souvenirs 

 extend beyond 1814-15 to have seen the debris of that 

 Waterloo butchery ! 



Meanwhile I accidentally came acquainted with the 

 American Florist Co., Chicago, who solicited me to 

 give them a few sketches of my life connected with 

 horticultural affairs, as a man and gardener. As I have 



