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PREFACE. 



Thepostageof a letter is a trifling thing, but to one who receives a great number it becomes burdensome ; 

 persons are therefore desired to send their letters post paid, 



N. B. It is expected that no persons having similar establishments will copy the different remarks attached 

 to this Catalogue. This notice is more particularly applicable to two neighbouring Nurseries, the proprietors 

 of which have been so assiduous in fiIchin;T our prefatory and other remarks, that they have even copied the 

 typographical errors which had been made by the printer. To protect ourselves against a repetition, we have 

 secured the copyright, and shall promptly prosecute for the offence. 



CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC. 



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

 sued by an Attorney at Law named Winter, (whose character we have before publicly exposed,) to which our 

 title and name have been deceptively appended without any authority whatever from us, and we have now 

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

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

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

 which will 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 the order is for us, tiiat 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 responsibiUty where such an Invoice cannot be 

 produced. 



There are many parsons 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 causs why Estabhshments like our own, whose accuracy 

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



PRICES OF FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, &c. 



The prices have bean greatly reduced, in many cases 25, 33, and even 50 per cent, below former rates, and 

 the average prices throughout the Catalogue will be found as low, and in general much lower, than the same 

 articles, equally i^enuine and of equal quality, can be obtained elsewhere. Where single specimen Fruit 

 Trees are wanted, no diminution in price can be made ; and peach trees will in such cases be charged a 31 

 cents each, to pay for extra trouble. : 



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 the genuineness of the articles, and this especially applies to Fruits, and to 

 the most rare and valuable Flowering Shrubs and Plants. The second question should refer to the size and 

 vigor of the Trees and Plants, there being an important difference to the purchaser whether these are well 

 grown and of proper size, or on the other hand mere offsets or small specimens. It is in these highly import- 

 ant points that this ancient establishment possesses pre-eminent advantages, derived from the abundant 

 stock of strong and well-grown Trees and .^hrubbet^, and also from the opportunities which time and inves- 

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

 Ornamental Shrubs, etc. 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 

 many otherimportant particulars. 



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 proportion ; 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 new varieties at 75 cts. to SI each. Also extra 

 large sized Cherry trees at similar prices. 



Roses, Azaleas, Cauiellias, Oranges and Lemons, and Greenhouse Plants generally, will be supplied in as- 

 sortments at lower rates than they can be obtained elsewhere. 



It may be taken as a general rule, that where any person sends us his entire order, instead of dividing it 

 among several Nurseries, that we will, in consequence of the amount being larger, supply him on more favor- 

 able terms. And as this establishment possesses a multitude of very rare and estimable Trees and Plants 

 which are nowhere else obtainable, and which have been priced at low average rates, we rhalt for the future, 

 decline supplying orders for the^e articles exclusively, and reserve the rare varieties for those who send us 

 their general and entire orders. 



CIRCULAR TO THE PROPRIETORS OF NURSERIES. 



In addition to the Trees, Shrubbery, etc., of all kinds enumerated in our Catalogues, which are offered to 

 you of the usual size at a liberal discount from the regular prices, v;e cultivate in our extensive establishment 

 the various Trees and Shrubs by myriads from seeds by other modes of propagation, for dissemination to other 

 Nurseries, &c,, and we can at all times supply small plants of most kinds of one year's growth and up- 

 wards, by the thousand, hundred, or dozen, at low rates in proportion to the size and quantity ordered. 

 The same arrangement will be applied to all articles in the other Nursery departments, and a Catalogue 

 rated according to size and quantity will be sent to applicants. 



GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS. 



Wherever an asterisk (*) precedes the name of a Fruit, it indicates American origin ; and wherever the 

 letters R. M. are found, they indicate that the variety was received from the late R. iVlanning; and the letter 

 L. indicates that they were received from the London Horticultural Society; P., productive ; V. P., very 

 productive. Where these two last abbreviations are omitted, it does not follow that the variety is not produc- 

 tive, but that we have not fully ascertained that point. The correct name of each variety of fruit is printed 

 in Rotnaa letters, and numbered ; and the synonymes immediately follow, and are printed in italics. 



