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estimation of his exertions in behalf of a science which has 

 been his favourite pursuit through life, cannot fail to be par- 

 ticularly gratifying; and animated by those feelings which 

 exult with pride at every improvement connected with our 

 country, he solicits its continuance but as the means of ren- 

 dering his establishment more worthy of our republic. To 

 his various friends and correspondents he tenders his warm 

 acknowledgnients for the information which has been inva- 

 riably so freely imparted to him, and he has only to state to 

 those who solicit information from him, that it will be irh- 

 parted with equal cheerfulness. He at this moment most 

 particularly solicits a continuance of this friendly intercourse^ 

 and every information respecting the diversified interests of 

 Botany and Horticulture, as he is preparing for the press a 

 very copious work on these subjects. And an invitation is 

 hereby extended to the country at large, to contribute such 

 communications as they may deem of particular interest for 

 insertion in the work now in progress. Every favour will be 

 cheerfully reciprocated ; and as activity is the very essence 

 of improvement, and of the dissemination of knowledge, such 

 intercourse, and the execution of its business in every re* 

 spect, will be conducted with that promptitude and despatch 

 which has hitherto characterized the transactions of the esta- 

 blishment. 



WILLIAM PRINCE, 



