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Eor some of the engj*avings, I ain indebted to the 

 kindness of Mr. James Vick, of Eochester, who, of his 

 own accord, most obligingly had them made for me by 

 his engraver. Mr. Thomas Meehan, of Ph ladelphia, 

 whose specialty is the collection and sale of the seeds of, 

 trees, most liberally put at my disposal specimens of 

 seeds, after which I have had the illustrations which 

 accompany this volume engraved. 



The engraver, M. Blanc, of Philadelphia, who under- 

 took this delicate work, is a specialist who has greatly 

 aided me by giving an absolutely natural appearance to 

 the reproductions of these seeds. 



Lastly, I am not without hopes that, in publishing 

 this work, the fruit of my rare leisure hours, hours con- 

 secrated to it as to a labour of love, I may be of some use 

 to my country. 



Let us love and venerate our forests. "Where they have 

 perished let us bid them rise again ; and may we hear, 

 for ever and aye, in every place throughout our beauti- 

 ful Canada, " The diapason of our forests sighing over 

 the mountains." (1) 



^1) " Soupirer sur les monta, I'orgue de nos forfits,'' 



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