
          Preface

The proprietors of the Old American Nursery,
under the late firm of Benjamin Prince & Co.
have agreed to alter the name of their firm, although
the proprietors remain the same. The name of the
firm will now be Prince & Mills.

We cannot refrain on the issuing of a new Catalogue
from making a few observations. We feel
truly thankful to our friends and customers for the
patronage we have so long received, and continue
to receive from them. To merit a continuance of
their favours every effort shall be used. For years
it has been our wish (and we have obtained it) to
collect the most valuable variety of European and
American Trees and Shrubs. We have selected
them from an immense variety of the most valuable
kinds. It has never been our intention to enlarge
our Catalogue by publishing a long list of names of
Trees, Shrubs, &c.

We are often asked, How do you tell one Tree
from another, so as to prevent a mistake in not
forwarding the wrong Tree, among such an immense
number? You must often make a mistake?
We answer, We never do. It is almost impossible.
Our Nursery is divided into squares; each square
into a certain number of rows; we keep as correct
a book as any one in the mercantile line, in which
each square is recorded, with its boundaries; and
each row has its different variety. We commence,
for instance, on the west side, the first row, number

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