PRINCIPALLY WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY; SOIL AND SITUA-
TION; PROPAGATION AND CULTURE; ACCIDENTS AND DISEASES; PROPERTIES AND
USES; ECONOMY IN THE ARTS; INTRODUCTION INTO COMMERCE; AND

THEIR APPLICATION IN USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTATIONS.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846, by

HARPER & BROTHERS,

In the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New York.

To the

HONOURABLE JAMES TALLMADGE, LL.D.,

PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE;

DISTINGUISHED FOR HIS FIRM, FAITHFUL, AND INTELLIGENT COURSE AS A REPRE SENTATIVE IN CONGRESS; AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF

NEW YORK; AS A MEMBER OF THE TWO PRECEDING CONVENTIONS

FOR REVISING THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE; AS A PATRON