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ed, in honesty and in truth, and not with the mean sel- 

 fishness that would thus advertise the worthless trash of 

 a worn-out nursery. Should this little work in any in- 

 stance disappoint expectation, I shall deeply regret, that 

 the best intentions have failed here through inability, 

 while, elsewhere, those better qualified to instruct have 

 sometimes written with other prayers than for the success 

 of their disciples. 

 My sources of information have been, 



1. Nearly eight years experience in the cultivation of 

 nursery and orchard trees, chiefly by the labor of my 

 own hands. 



2. A close observation of the management of nurseries 

 and orchards, in this vicinity and in other places, for the 

 last ten years. 



3. A careful- inspection of the very instructive Exhibi- 

 tions of the Worcester Co. Horticultural Society, from its 

 formation to the present time. 



4. Personal interviews and correspondence with several 

 of the* most distinguished horticulturists in this section 

 of the country. 



5. An attentive perusal of almost all the agricultural 

 and horticultural publications that have been issued, par- 

 ticularly in the northern and eastern states, during the 

 last twelve years. G. J. 



Worcester, March, 1849. 



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