Southern. Di&triet, o 



District, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the 

 right whereof he claims as author, iu the words following, to 

 wit: 



"A Short Treatise on Horticulture : embracing descriptions of a great 

 variety of Fruit and Ornamental Trees-arid Shrubs, Grape Vines, Bulbous 

 Flowers, Green-House Trees and Plants, &cc. nearly all of which are at. 

 present comprised in the collection of the Linmeau Botanic Garden, at 

 Flushing, near New-York; with Directions for their Culture, Manage- 

 ment, &c. By. William Prince, Proprietor of the Establishment,. C. M. of 

 the Linnsean Society of Paris, of the Horticulcui'al Society of London, and 

 of the Imperial Society of the Georgofili at Florence, &cc."" 



In conformity to the act of Congress of the United States, entitled 



Act, supplementary to an Act, entitled an Act for the Encouragement ot 

 Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Au- 

 thors and Proprietors of such Copies, during the times therein mentioned, 

 and extending the benefits thereof to the Arts of Designing, Engraving, and 

 Etshing Historical and other Prints." 



FRED. J. BETTS, 

 Ckrk&fthe Southern District o 



