TO THE 



PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS 



OF THE 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



In the dedication of a work like the present, the 

 attention is naturally drawn to those individuals and 

 associations which evince the most zeal, and devote 

 the most care and labour to the advancement of the 

 object the author has in view. 



The association of such men as possess not only 

 great intelhgence, but are also ardently attached to 

 Horticulture, and anxious for its complete elucida- 

 tion, has given to your Society a distinguished claim 

 to public respect, and has also created a high opinion 

 of its present and anticipation of its future usefulness. 



It is, therefore, with much satisfaction that I dedi- 

 cate this work to the Massachusetts Horticultu- 

 ral Society, with the hope that it may contribute 

 its mite of information in the great field of that 

 Science, to which its author, in common with your- 

 selves, is most warmly attached. 



With the highest respect, 



Wm. ROBERT PRINCE. 



