Vi PREFACE. 



The Author's next object is, to place within the 

 reach of every student of the science of Floricul- 

 ture, an easy and practical treatise on a select list 

 of the most choice and admired plants of the pre- 

 sent day ; so as to enable him to pursue his studies 

 with pleasure, ease, and perspicuity, that he may 

 fulfil the several departments of his office, without 

 encumbering his time with those experiments ne- 

 cessary to the attainment of so valuable a know- 

 ledge. If the humble efforts of the Author's pen 

 have accomplished this end, he will feel himself richly 

 compensated, in being enabled to contribute to the 

 advancing of one step towards the acquisition of 

 useful knowledge. At the same time, he begs to 

 tender his heartfelt thanks to those useful cultiva- 

 tors of Horticultural and Floricultural science who 

 have so kindly aided him in his arduous task ; 

 especially in furnishing him with the valuable in- 

 formation given on the treatment of several par- 

 ticular plants. 



