Yi | - PREFACE: 
states of the Union, which possess all the advantages of Holland, 
with none of the disadvantages which are so much deprecated as 
appertaining to its climate. In the nomenclature of the trees 
and plants, [ nave taken for a guide the generally approved names 
of Linnzus, and, for those of more recent discovery, I have been 
ided by Wildenow, Michaux, Pursh, and some other authors of 
_ acknowledged celebrity ; and, for the gratification of scientific horti< 
culturists, | have annexed the French names to such fruits as we 
eriginally imported from France. 
It will be perceived that the Proprietor has endeavoured to pre- 
vent those misconceptions which frequently arise from the same 
fruit being Known under a variety of names in different localities, 
and has given the synonymes by which the same fruit is known in 
different places, and condensed them under one head. os 
The extent of the garden is at present above twenty acres, the 
whole of which is exclusively devoted to the cultivation of trees 
and plants; and the Green and Hot Houses are proportionably 
capacious; and it is proposed to enlarge beth the garden and the 
buildings, as the increasing demand for the objects to which they 
are devoted may render it necessary. 
Visitors are allowed free access to the garden on all days except 
Sunday, and scientific gentlemen forming Herbarii are presented 
with fresh specimens of the different plants free from any charge 
whatever. And any information solicited personally or by ietter 
will be cheerfully imparted. _ =i 
Very large accessions are making almost daily to the Green- 
house collection, and also to the establishment generally, as well 
by extensive importations from the most celebrated collections of 
Europe, as by the interchange of civilities with Botanic Gardens in 
different quarters of the globe, and the liberal contributions of 
gentlemen of science and research, whose pleasure er avocations 
call them to remote regions; and seeds of several hundred very 
valuable species are now in the possession of the Proprietor, which 
have been received from these sources, but which it is contrary to 
the rules of this establishment to publish as in their possessicn, 
nutil their culture shall have been crowned with success. The 
frequent intercourse now established between this country and 
hina has also induced the Proprietor to make direct importations 
from that country, which perhaps is more rich in splendid flowers 
than any other known, and the success of these eiforts bas been 
hitherto such as to encourage their continuancc. 
As it is the ardent desire of the Proprietor to obtain from foreign 
eountries, seeds of all the most interesting trees, shrubs, snd plants, 
he solicits all the scientific and liberal-minded persons throughout 
the world, to forward to him, or to either of the agents of his estab- 
lishment, small parcels of such fresh seeds as it may be in their 
power to obtain, and at as early a period as possible after they are 
collected—and he proposes to reciprocate every polite attention 
of the kind, by a return of such seeds or plants as he may deem 
most interesting and acceptable to them. Roots of rare Bulbous 
Flowers will aiso be particularly acceptable, especially those 
