But in case any person should send to the establishment for any 
plant not in its possession, it will be immediately ordered. from 
abroad, and he will be forthwith informed how soon it can be ob- 
tained, when he will have the privilege of receiving it or not at 
the costs of importation. 
‘At the period at which this garden was commenced, few of the 
finer fruits of Europe had yet found their way to America, and no 
person had: yet paid any attention to the amelioration or improve- 
ment of such as our own,country afforded; but, at the present 
time, we have not only by far the greater part of the most celebrated 
fruits of Europe and Asia, but can also boast the origin of many 
which rival those of the old world, and which are sought after with 
avidity by the inhabitants of the eastera hemisphere, and are con 
sidered by them as valuable acquisitions to their already great 
collections; and, that our country is every way equal to others in 
the improvement and perpetuity of fruits, is a truth no longer 
doubted. ea (ara | 5 } . | 
The principle upon which this establishment has been conducted 
. from its commencement, has been to ingraft and inoculate from 
Sfruit-bearing trees; and in order to systematize this course as much 
as possible, the Proprietor, many years.since, commenced the plant- 
ing of a Horticultural Orchard, to contain one tree of each variety 
of fruit, for the double purpose of ascertaining precisely the cha- 
racters of each, and of affording grafts, whose identity could be 
relied on, as the common custom pursued by Nurseries of ingraft- 
ing from young trees not yet in bearing, has been found attended 
with so many objections and uncertainties. This course, so obvi- 
ously necessary in every well regulated establishment, is now pur- 
sued with all the new fruits that are obtained from. different quar- 
ters of the world, the number of which at present exceeds 400. 
varieties, not enumerated in the Catalogue; and by a continuance 
of this method, and his own personal attention to every department, 
the Proprietor is enabled to pledge himself for the identity and 
correctness of all the fruits obtained from him; and, influenced by 
these considerations, he guarantees the identity of every tree which 
may be sent from his establishment. And in the introduction of the 
products of foreign countries, the Proprietor does not intend to 
confine himself to those alone which may yield pecuniary benefit 
to himself, but to obtain from the various parts of the world every | 
tree or plant which may promise to yield any national benefit; it 
being his object to make his establishment a National Repository 
of every thing useful or interesting in Botany, both as regards 
Horticulture, Manufactures, or Scientific Experiments. 
It has been thought advisable to add to the Catalogue a short 
but general Treatise on Cultivation, xs it will be of service to those 
who do not already possess general information on the subject, or 
who have not within their reach the benefit of more copious publi- 
¢ations. The culture of Bulbous Flowers, which have heretofore 
received but little attention in this country, has also been dwelt 
upon, from a positive conviction, that no climate is more congenial 
tothe development of their transcendent beauties than the middle 
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