REMARKS 



As trees are taken from the nursery, a label is affixed to each kind 

 marked with its proper name. 



Those marked thus * will not be ready until the fall of 1857. 



"When trees are to be sent to a distance, they will be carefully 

 paeked in mats or boxes, at a small additional expense. 



Persons wishing to purchase, are requested to call and select for 

 themselves. Orders from a distance must either enclose cash, or refer 

 to some one near, who will become responsible for the payment. 



Orders left with John F. CalJan, near the General Post Office, in 

 Washington, Linthicum & Co., corner of Bridge and High streets, 

 Georgetown, at the stall of the proprietor in the Centre Market, or 

 forwarded through the Post Office, will be immediately and promptly 

 attended to. Trees delivered in either place free of elm 



When trees are received that cannot be immediately planted, a trench 



should be dug, the roots well wet in water and laid in it. then covered 



^ with earth, pulverized so as to settle well about them, and pit-vent 



teir drying; in this manner trees are often kept through the winter 



with perfect safety. When received in a dry and withered condition, 



- it has been the practice of the Proprietor to bury them for two or 



C\j three weeks in clean sand, such as used tor building, covering the 



whole tree, body and branches. In this way, trees apparently dead. 



3 and pronounced worth nothing, have been completely resuscitated : 



"3 and when taken out. in good condition for planting, the roots and sap 



vessels thoroughly replenished, in condition to receive and conduct 



the sap through every part of the tree. 



The selection of Fruit for an Orchard being an object of the greatest 

 importance to every person intending to plant, is attended with BU< h 

 difficulty, that often persons do not succeed in procuring it to their 

 satisfaction. Sometimes, from the want of a knowledge and acquaint- 

 ance with the quality of the different varieties, or two much confidence 

 in the judgment and recommendation of those whose opportunities do 

 not enable them to judge properly, often it happens thai a Nursery 

 does not present such a collection as suits the views of every purchaser. 



The Proprietor, being frequently called on to select for others, deems 

 it important here to give a few hints as to the considerations that 

 should direct a choice, and by which he is pretty generally governed. 



If the Orchard be near a town, and the fruit be intended for market, 

 the size, appearance, and flavor of the fruit, should be important con- 

 siderations, always having in view to keep up a constant succession, 



