CURSORY REMARKS. 



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

 their Fruit and Ornamental Trees, &c. are o{ large size and vigorous grov)th, and superior to 

 any before offered lo the public. The Establishment contains at the present period more 

 ihan a million of Trees and Plants, and the Proprietors are willing to enier into arrangements 

 of the most liberal description 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 with such other persons as may wish to establish new Nurseries, they 

 will enter into arrangements en terms which mill allow ample time for advantageous reimburs- 

 ment. Anv persons who are desirous to act as Agents in towns where no agency at present 

 exists, will'pleaseto communicate their views in regard thereto. 



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

 such European and American kinds as have acquired a we!l merited celebrity, the whole col- 

 lection 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 disiinct, and all the peach and other trees are per- 

 fectly healthy, and free from disease. INIany persons, however, are apt to purchase trees 

 without regard to any point but t'.je>r cheapness, and not unfrequently, after the toil and ex- 

 pense of years, find them, when ih'?y arrive at hearing, 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 sim- 

 ilar character, in which they are now engaged; the result of which will be, 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 offruils. the Proprietors do not pretend to a 

 perfect infallibility, but they do constantly aim at that point, and therefore if an inadvertent er- 

 ror occasionally arise, it is because their unwearied scrutiny has not been able to guard 

 against it. 



One 2reat advantage possessed by the trees sent from this establishment, is their particular 

 hardihood. From the proximity of the nurseries to the ocean on the one side, and to the East 

 River on the other, with a free and open exposure to all winds, accom.panied by the particular 

 advantage of beinj so far north as to acclimatize the trees to any still more northern section 

 of our country, th'iy acquire a degree of hardihood which renders tiiem extremely eligible for 

 removal to colder latitudes, and to support the rigors of less favored 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 lo be attributed the general success which has attended the trees sent from 

 this establishment, even when transmitted to Nova Scotia, the Canadas, &c. and the past 

 winter of 1831-32, has inconfestibly proved their stiperior hardihood, they having withstood 

 the severity of the season uninjured, while immense numbers of trees elsewhere in the mid- 

 dle, 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 the kinds are ready for sale. The stock 

 of some of the newest sorrs, however, is limited, and the trees, in consequence of their recent 

 introduction are of less size. Many other varieties will be announced hereafter in a Supple- 

 ment Catalogue, additional time being ne-^essary as well for their propagation as for judicious 

 invesiigations. New fruits are not added to the collection, merely, because their names dif- 

 fer, 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 Mr. Coxe, and the Treatise on 

 Fruits, or Pomological Manual contains descriptions of near 800 varieties of the different 

 fiuits. 



It seems a'most superfluous to remark, that the trees and plants in this catalogue not par- 

 ticularly designated as tender, are hardy. 



Every tree, when sent from the garden, is duly labelled; and from fifteen to thirty trees are 

 usually packed in each matted bundle. 



Where trees are requested for exportation, they are carefully packed in mat?, casks, or 

 boxes, so as to be sent to Europe, the West Indies, or any part ot America, with perfect 

 safety, for which a reasonable charge is made. 



All packages of trees are delivered at Fulton-market wharf, New York, by water, /ree of 

 freight; and, when particularly desired by persons at a distance, they will be shipped to any 

 port they may de^ignate: and agreements have been made with the lines of packets to Bos- 

 ton, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Charleston, Savannah, &c. to lake bundles of trees 

 at very moderate freights;-and if desired to be transmitted to Philadelphia, they can be sent 

 liiere by the transportion Line in one day, and the canals now forming in every section of 

 our country, present ciieap and easy modes of conveyance. No care is wanting on the part 



