VI 



PREFACE. 



Thourmond, of Atlanta, Prof. J. P. Waddel, Di\ M. A. Ward and 

 Dr. James Camak, of Athens, Et. Eev. Bishop Elliott, of Savan- 

 nah, Dr. J. 0. Jenkyns and Mr. Affleck, of Mississippi; and espe- 

 cially from J. Tan Buren, Esq.,* of Clarksville, Geo., whose suc- 

 cessful efforts to make known and diffuse native southern varieties 

 of the apple rendered him a public benefactor. It is hoped we 

 shall yet see a work upon fruit-trees from his pen. 



If this treatise, with all its imperfections, shall in any degree in- 

 crease the love of Gardening among us ; if it shaU cause orchards 

 to flourish, shade-trees to embower, and flowers to spring up around 

 •any Southern home, the author's purpose is accomplished. 



* By an oversight, my own descriptions of the Batchelor, Maverick's Sweet, 

 Nickajack, Berry, Disharoon, Catooga, Comack's Sweet and Neverfail Apples, for 

 which Mr. Van Buren furnished the specimens of fruit, are placed among the vari- 

 eties described by him. 



