PREFACE 



nnniS posthumous volume completes the series of Mr. 



Dbwnin^'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, hecaiise they serve to remind the reader of the 

 qircumstances 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 Quarte:^ly," by Clarence Cook, Esq, 



The tribute to the genius and character of Downing 



