PREFACE. 



rTVHIS posthumous volume completes the series of Mr. 

 * Downing's works. It comprises, with one or two ex- 

 ceptions, all his editorial papers in the " Horticulturist." 

 The Editor has preferred to retain their various temporary 

 allusions, hecause they serve to remind the reader of the 

 circumstances under which the articles were prepared. 

 Mr. Downing had designed a work upon the Shade-Trees of 

 the United States, but left no notes upon the subject. 



In the preparation of the memoir, the Editor has been 

 indebted to a sketch in the Knickerbocker Magazine, by 

 Mrs. Monell, of Newburgh, to Mr. Wilder' s eulogy before 

 the Pomological Congress, and to an article in the " New- 

 York Quarterly," by Clarence Cook, Esq. 



The tribute to the genius and character of Downing 



