CALEB COPE, ESQ. 
EX-PRESIDENT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY; 
TO WHOSE ZEAL IN HORTICULTURE WE ARE INDEBTED FOR THE 
INTRODUCTION TO THIS COUNTRY OF MANY RARE AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS, 
AND TO WHOM BELONGS THE HONOR OF FIRST CULTIVATING AND FLOWERING, IN THE UNITED STATES, 
Che Great American Water Lily, 
THIS TREATISE I8 RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED By 
THE AUTHOR. 
