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TO THE FIRST EDITION. 



The following article was written for 

 the North American Sylva, at the re- 

 quest of Mr. Mtchaux , for whom I seize 

 Avith pleasure an occasion of expressing 

 my esteem. 



I have consulted the most judicious 

 ancient and modern works, Columella , 

 Pliny, the Memoirs of the Academy of 

 Marseilles, etc., and have myself ob- 

 served the Olive in Provence. 



Paris, August, 1818. 



Augustus L. Hillhguse , 

 Citizen of the United States. 



