PUBLISHERS' PREFACE. 



Gaedejtcnxj foe the South had long been out of print, 

 and in 1865 its distinguished author made an arrangement 

 with the publishers to produce a new and enlarged edition. 

 A number of the engravings were made at once, with a 

 view to the immediate publication of the work. Its au- 

 thor wished to make it especially full, as regarded South- 

 ern fruits, and delayed completing his manuscript until 

 the American Pomological Society should have met in 

 1866, in order that he might compare notes with his po- 

 mological friends. This meeting was postponed until 1867, 

 and before this took place the author was removed by 

 death. The incomplete manuscript of the work was 

 placed in the hands of Mr. J. Van Buren, of Clarksville, 

 Ga., an eminent pomologist and friend of the author, who, 

 as a labor of love, compiled and mainly wrote out that 

 portion relating to fruit culture. The publishers would, 

 on behalf of Southern fruit-growers, express their thanks 

 to Mr. Van Buren for the kind office he has performed, 

 as well as to Dr. Jas. Camak, who revised the other por- 

 tions of the work. The manuscript of Mr. White contained 

 tables of chemical analyses of most of the plants described, 

 but as they were not from the most recent authorities, and 

 would increase the size of the work more than they would 

 add to its value, they have been omitted. The original 

 plan of Mr. White included a treatise on ornamental 

 gardening for the South, but this could not be properly 

 included in the present volume. It is believed that the 

 work will be more valued by his many friends, as well as 

 by pomologists generally, for the portrait which is given 

 of its lamented author. 



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