CURSORY REMARKS. 



The fruit trees in this catalogue are either grafted or inoculated, and are propagated 

 from such European and American kinds as have acquired a well merited celebrity, the 

 whole collection of which has recently gone through a most careful revision, and the 

 selections have been made with great care and attention. Every precaution is taken 

 which is necessary to preserve the different varieties completely distinct, and all the 

 peach and other trees are perfectly healthy, and free from disease. Many persons, how- 

 ever, are apt to purchase trees without regard to any point but their cheapness, and not 

 unfrequently, after the toil and expense of years, nnd them, when they arrive at bear- 

 ing, absolutely worthless. The strongest proofs the proprietors can give the public of 

 their anxiety to guard against misconception, are the exact descriptions contained in the 

 treatises recently published, and other works of a similar character in which they are 

 now engaged ; the result of which will be, that any person, however ignorant on the 

 subject. w cannot fail to know if he has been deceived. 



Specimen trees of every variety of fruit comprised in this catalogue, are now standing 

 in the experimental orchards of the establishment, and all the kinds are ready for sale. 

 The stocks of the newest sorts, however, are limited, and the trees, in consequence of 

 their recent introduction, are of less size. The new varieties introduced this spring. 

 (1831) will be announced in a supplement catalogue. 



A large number of the apples and pears are .the same as described by Mr. Coxe, and 

 the Pomological Manual contains descriptions of a great number of other varieties. 



It seems almost superfluous to remark, that the trees and plants in this catalogue not 

 particularly designated as tender, are hardy. 



Every tree, when sent from the garden, is duly labelled ; and from flfteen to thirty 

 trees are usually packed in each matted bundle. 



Where trees are requested for exportation, they are carefully packed in mats, casks'; 

 or boxes, so as to be sent to Europe, the West Indies, or any part of America, with per- 

 fect safety. 



All packages of trees are delivered at Fultcn-market wharf, New- York, by water, 

 free of freight ; and, when particularly desired by persons at a distance, they will be 

 shipped: to any port they may designate :" and agreements have been made with the lines 

 of packets toBoston, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond. Charleston, and Savannah, to 

 take bundles of trees at very moderate freights ; and if desired to be transmitted to 

 Philadelphia, they can be sent there by the Transportation Line in one day, and the 

 canals now forming in every section of our 'country, present cheap and easy modes of 

 conveyance. No care is wanting on the part of the proprietors to give such directions 

 as may cause them to arrive safely ; but it is to be expressly understood, that after being 

 thus delivered or shipped at New-York, they are wholly at the risk of the person who 

 orders them. 



To such persons as desire fruit trees, &c. and are not themselves acquainted with the 

 qualities of the different kinds, it is recommended that they specify in their orders the 

 number of trees wanted of each species of fruit, and leave the selection to the propri- 

 etors, who will make it according to the views and tastes of applicants ; and in such 

 cases they may rely that only those will be sent which are of the most approved kinds, 

 and when desired, those that will ripen in succession ; and larger trees can generally be 

 selected in such cases. 



It is also well, where the orders are small, to unite those of several neighbours in one. 

 which will both abridge the trouble of execution and the expense of packing and trans- 

 portation ; and as each tree is labelled, it can cause no confusion. 



Persons who may wish to make selections of fruits of American origin, will find them 

 particularly designated. It sometimes occurs that the demands for particular kinds of 

 fruit trees are so much greater than anticipated, that it renders them for the moment 

 comparatively scarce, except those of small size. In such cases, in order to prevent 

 any delay, it would be well that the orders should authorize, that such kinds may be 

 replaced by others of equal quality, which trust will be executed in a manner worthy 

 of the confidence reposed. 



American Indigenous Trees, Shrubs, and Plants, or their seeds, suitable for sending to 

 Europe, will be supplied in assortments from five to one thousand dollars or more, ae 

 ■enumerated in the catalogue No, 4. 



