PREFACE. 



The Proprietors in tendering their new Catalogue with reduced prices, desire to 

 state that their Fruit and Ornamental Trees, &c. are nearly all of large size and vigor- 

 ous growlhy and superior to any before offered to the public. The Establishmentcontains 

 at the present period more than a million of Trees and Plants^ and the Proprietors are 

 willing to enter into arrangements of the most liberal descriplion both as to prices and 

 credit with all such persons as desire large quantities of Trees, &c and with those 

 proprietors of Nurseries who wish to extend their collections, and such other 

 persons as may wish to establish neio Js%irseries, tliey will enter into arrangements 

 on terms which lolll allow ample time for advantageous reimbursement. Any persons 

 who are desirous to act as Agents in towns where no-agency at present exists, will 

 please to communicate their views m regard theretOo 



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

 gated from such European and American kinds as have acquired a well merited 

 celebrity, the whole collection of which has recently undergone a most careful revi- 

 sion, and the selections have been made uiih great care find atleniion. Every pre- 

 caution is taken which is necessary to preserve the dstitrent varieties completely 

 distinct, and all the peach and other trees are perfectly healthy, and free from 

 disease. Many persons, however, are apt to purchase trees without regard to any 

 point but their cheapness, and not iinfrequently, at'er the toil and expense of years, 

 find them, when they arrive at bearing, absolutely worthless Others who regard 

 the price only, pay no attention to the size, and vigour of the trees, and conse- 

 quently sacrifice many years uselessly before their orchards come ir.to bearing. The 

 strongest proofs the pfOj)rietors can give the public of their anxiety to guard against 

 misconception, are precise descriptions contained in the Treatises recently pub- 

 lished, and other works of a similar character, in which they are now engaged; 

 the result of which will he, that any person, however ignorant on the subject, cannot 

 fail to know if he has been deceived. 



In regard to the identity of the various kinds of fruits, the Proprietors do not 

 pretend to a perfect infallibility, but they do constantly aim at that pointy and there- 

 fore if an inadvertent error occasionally arise, it is because their unwearied scrutiny 

 has not been able to guard against it. 



One great advantage possessed by the trees sent from this CstabHshment, is their 

 pdirXicuYdr hardihood. From the proximity of the nurseiies to the ocean on one side, 

 and to the East River on the other, with a free and open exposure to all winds, ac- 

 companied by the particular advantage of being so far north as to acclimatize the 

 trees to any still more northern section of our country, tbey acquire a degree of 

 hardihood which renders them extremely eligible for removal to colder latitudes, 

 and to support the rigour of less favoj ed regions, and trees thus hardened by nature 

 are also found to succeed best in our southern states. It is doubtless to these causes 

 that is to be attributed the general success which has attended the trees sent from 

 this establishment, even when transmitted to Nova Scoiia, the Caradas, &c. and the 

 winter of 1331-32, incontestiby proved their superior hardihood, they having with- 

 stood the severity ofthat season uninjured, while immense numbers of trees elsewhere 

 in the middle, and in the Eastern States, were destroyed thereby. 



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

 standing in the experimental orchards of the establishment, and all kinds are ready 

 for sale. The stock of some of the newest sorts, however, is limited, and the trees, 

 in consequence of their recent introduction are of less size. Many other varieties 

 will beannouvced hereafter in a Supplementary Catalogue, additional time being 

 necessary as well for their propagation as for judicious investigations. New fruits 

 are not added to the collection, merely, because their names differ, but a selection is 

 made of those only, which merit and have received the encomiums of persons 

 acquainted with the subject. 



A large number of the apples are the same as described by M. Coxe, and tiie 

 Treatise on Fruits or Pomological Manual, published by the proprietors, contains 

 descriptions of near 800 varieties of the different fruits. 



