TO THE 



HOIf. JOHN LOWELL, LL. D. 



PRESIDENT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR TllR 

 PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE, &c. &c. 



Sir, 



The compiler of the New American Gardener 

 is happy to inscribe it to a gentleman, whose enlight- 

 ened zeal, and disinterested efforts to promote the art 

 to which it is devoted, have rendered such dedication 

 so very appropriate. Please to accept of it, not only 

 as a grateful acknowledgment of favours received, but 

 a slight, though sincere, indication of the writer's high 

 opinion of the value of your indefatigable exertions to 

 encourage and enlighten the pursuits of the Husband- 

 man and the Horticulturist ; vocations, which, as they 

 are first in the order of civilization, should, in every 

 civilized country, be considered as of the first im- 

 portance to the best interests of its inhabitants. 

 With the highest esteem, 

 your much obliged, 



and most obedient servant, 



THOMAS G. FESSENDEN, 



