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o ADVERTISEMENT 



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TO THE FIRST EDITION. 



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co THE following article was written for 

 f the North American Sylva, at the re- 

 ^ quest of Mr. MJCHAUX , for whom I seize 

 ^with pleasure an occasion of expressing 



my esteem. 



U I have consulted the most judicious 

 r? ancient and modern works, Columella, 

 Lj Pliny , the Memoirs of the Academy of 

 ^Marseilles, elc., and have myself ob- 

 c\ served the Olive in Provence. 



AUGUSTUS L. HILLHOUSE , 



Citizen of the United States. 

 Paris, August, 1818. 



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