VI 



In order to prevent as far as possible any miscon- 

 ception of the plan upon which we mean to proceed 

 in the sale of this splendid Collection, we request that 

 it may be particularly observed, that for the first two 

 months from the opening of the Collection for public 

 inspection, the duplicates alone can be disposed of, and 

 that they may be paid for and taken away as soon 

 as the purchasers please ; the principal Collection, 

 however, that is, tlie best specimen of every species, 

 tog;ether with the varieties, are retained for the 

 whole of the season; and in order to allow time for 

 arranging any offer that may be made for the Avhole, 

 they cannot be in any manner disposed of until after 

 the 1st of April, or two months after the opening. 

 It is also requested to be clearly understood that no 

 pledge can be given for the disposal of any speci- 

 men from the principal Colleption until that time, 

 when those who are desirous of securing any speci- 

 men or part of the Collection will take care to bring 

 or send their lists, ready marked, together with the 

 amount according to the priced Catalogue. This 

 plan of proceeding, which is the only one we can 

 devise for securing to ourselves the means of 

 disposing of the entire Collection, and for giving to 

 every one a fair opportunity of inspecting it, and 

 making their selection, is obviously open to one 

 inconvenience; viz. that of several persons desiring 

 to secure the same article : in such cases the pre- 

 ference must be given to that person who has first 

 expressed his desire and performed the conditions : 

 but if the right of priority cannot be decided, that 



