PREFACE. O 



habit of sending trees, and even the most delicate plants, to the remotest part of the Union, and of Europe, 

 wiih success. Persons sending orders, will please to state the extent of land and water carriaie, and the 

 articles will be packed accordingly. Precise directions should be given how the packages are to be marked, 

 and by what route or conveyance they are to be forwarded, &c. 



The packages will be sent by such roule as may be designated, or where the option is left to us, we will 

 adopt such mode of iransmission as is deemed most expeditious, economical and safe. During the winter, 

 when the nortliern rivers and canals are frozen, all packages destined for tm- Western Slates can be sent by 

 the way of New-Orleans, or via Philadelphia or Baltimore, to Pittsburg or Wheeling. 



All Catalogues may be obtained gratis by application direct to us. All orders lor J'niit and Ornamental 

 Trees, Green-house Plants, Bulbous Flowers, Dahlias, or Seeds, must be sent, post paid, direct to us, or through 

 a regularly authorized agt-nt. 



It is expected that persons with whom no acquaintance exists, will, in forwarding orders otherwise than 

 through an agent, designate some person in New-York who will be responsible for the payment, or tender a 

 suitable reference, and a discount will always he allowed when cash or a draft at ninety day.< or less, on some 

 city, is sent with the order. It is iiidispi'nsable that those who, in sending orders, mention only the numbers 

 by which the trees, &c., are enumerated in the catalojues, should he particular to stale the edition from which 

 they make their selections. All letters requiring information will be promptly replied to, and the proprietors 

 desire that application be made to tliem direct on every subject. 



Any packages for us will come saffly if directed to No. 205 Broadway, New- York. 



The postage of a letter is a triflin',' thing, but to one who receives a great number it becomes burdensome ; 

 persons are therefore desired to send their letters post paid. 



CAUTION TO THE) PUBLIC. 



We have already cautioned the public on our title-page against a spurious Catalogue and advertisement 

 issued by an attorney at law named Winter, (whose character we have before publicly exposed,) to which 

 our title and name have been deceptively appended wiihout any authority whaiever from ns, and we have 

 now further to state, that the said man Winter has never purchased any part of the great Collection of Fruit 

 Trees and Green-house Plants bolonging to the late William Prince, and attached to this Establishment, and 

 that no trees have ever ieen or will be furnished to him by us. A suit is now in progress against him, which wUl 

 show his acts in their proper light. 



As many persons in the Union act as Agents for different Nursery Establishments, it is particularly reques- 

 ted where tihe order is for us, that it be plainly specified, and no person is to be considered as our Agent unless 

 he can produce written proof of the fact. Every invoice transmitted by us will have our usual printed head- 

 ing, and our signature to prove it genuine ; and we assume no responsibility where such an invoice cannot be 

 produced. 



There are many persons engaged in buying up trees of inferior and cheap kinds, which they take to distant 

 places for sale ; and we have detected numerous instances where such trash has been sold as coming from us, 

 or from other respectable Nurseries, and this is the cause why establishments like our own, whose accuracy 

 is positive, are often condemned for the errors of others. 



PLAGIARISM. 



We deem it a duty to ourselves to state that two Nurserymen in this neighborhood, have been for years in 

 the habit of filching whole paragraphs from our Preface, and also the comments and descriptive remarks at- 

 tached to our Catalogues. 'I'heir initials are P. & Co., and W. & Co., by which they will be recognised, and 

 a more full exposure will be made if their course is not amended. 



AGENTS. 

 Any persons desirous to act as Agents in Cities or Towns, of some importance, will please to communicate 

 their views in regard thereto. Special instructions will be given to all Agents. The freight and expenses 

 on all orders sent through them are of course to be paid by the recipients. 



PRICES OF FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, &c. 



The prices have been reduced, and the average prices throughout the Catalogue will be foiind as low, and 

 in general much lower, than the same articles, equally genuine and of equal quality, can be obtained elsewhere. 

 Where single specimen Fruit Trees are wanted, no diminution in price can be made. 



It is well known that there exists a considerable variation in the prices charged at the different Nurseries of 

 the Union, and it is the determination of the Proprietors of this Establishment to supply all articles as cheap, 

 and in most cases much cheaper than they are obtainable elsewhere. It should, nevertheless, be understood 

 that a similarity or diminution in price does not in all cases constitute cheapness. The first question to be 

 considered by the purchaser is Vcie excellence or genuineness of the articles, and this especially applies to 

 Fruits, and to the most rare and valuable Flowering Shrubs and Plants. The second qiie.-tion siiould refer to 

 the size and vigor of tlie Trees and Plants there being an important difference tu the purchaser vvl-.eiher these ■ 

 are well grown and of proper size, or on the other hand mere (iffsets or small specimen;. It i> in these highly 

 important points that this ancient establishment possesses pre-eminent advantages, derived from tlie abundant 

 stock of strong and well-grown Trees and Shrubbery, and also from the opporiunities which time and inves- 

 tigation have afiorded for proving the accuracy and excellence of the Fruits, and the beauty and value of the 

 Ornamental Shrubs, &c. We have only further to say that it is our determination that those who may deal 

 extensively with us, shall find it to their interest to do so, as well in regard to the prices charged, as in all oiher 

 important particulars. We are well assured that our Trees, will be found to a\ erage 25 to 50 per cent, in 

 size, &c., over such as are usually sold. Apple trees of the more common kinds are often offered at $20 per 

 100 in the interior, but they are scarcely half the size of those we sell. We are willing to sell small sized Fruit 

 trees of all kinds at low rates in quan.ities. Unlike most other Nurseries, we possess every article we offer 

 within our own establishment, and our correspondents are not subjected to disappointments in regard to the 

 most choice and rare varieties of Fruits, as is so olten the case elsewhere, where the habit is to insert 5 or 6 

 times as many kinds in their Catalogues as they actually possess. 



Where Ornamental trees of a very large size are wanted for streets, avenues, &c., or where fruit trees are 

 wanted of extra large size, they will be charged in proporlion; and where a very large number are wanted, 

 the price can be arranged by negotiation. 



Some extra large sized Pear trees of the Belgic and other choice varieties, and extra large sized Cherry, 

 Plum, Apricot, and Apple trees can be supplied at proportionate rates. 



Hoses, Azaleas, Camellias, Oranges and Lemons, and Greenhouse Plants generally, will be supphed in as- 

 sortments at lower rates than they can be obtained elsewhere. 



