The PREFACE 
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Mazes, tubere ly difcovering ber various Foofeps, ibe Bifinefs >f Gardeuing it 
daily reduced Io a mucb grealer Ccrlainty ) Hut as Io ibis, tce bope tce fball noi meet 
tcilb Cenfure from any Perfons, Jince Ibe Entmteralion of all ibe parlicular Nomes 
tf fucb ‘Perfons, tcould greallyficell ibis Preface beyond iis intended Bulkj and 
tberefore ice Jball ouly leg Lcave lo mentio» Ibe Revcrend and Learned Mr. Hales 
o/Tcddingcon, tubo basfrom a greal Fariely of repeatcdExperimenis, fet Ibe Ope¬ 
ratioris of Nature i» ibe Bifinefs of Vegetation in a mucb clearer Ligbt tban tuas 
cvcr bcforc done ; and tce moli otvn, f bis curious Book of Vcgetablc Scaticks tr.is 
nare carefully fludied, and tbe Metbods of Pruning, Scc. carefully execnled upon 
tbe ‘Principies tberei» laid dcrwn, tberc tcould net be fo marty barren T'ees or 
unftmifbcd Watts, nor fo many Blig/jls complaincd of, as are at prefent ; and 
tberefore lo bim are all Ibe Lovers of Gardeuing obbgcd, for bis many curious Obfer- 
matioris and Experimenis upon ibat SubjeCl. 
T H F. s f. generotts Encouragers have infpiriled ingenious Gardeners lo make Ibe 
StndyofVegetation tbeir Bufinefs, and lo improve ibe Cullivalitm nol onlyof tbofe 
Trees, •Planis and Flowers of our tmn Grtmlh, bul alfo lo procare and naluralhse 
foreign Ones of many different Climales lo our oten; and ibey have ly great 
‘Paine, Indiflry, and artfu / Management, bappily fucceeded in many Tbings, nol 
only lo Ibeir own Satisfauion, bul alfo lo ibat of ibeir Employers ; and may, tce 
bope without /Irrogancy, be faid, lo be able nol only lo vie tcilb, bul lo out-do 
mojl of ibe fame Profeffion in Europe. 
G A rd E M N G, i is tcell as olber Arts, meeting tdlb Encouragement, affords 
daily forne Improvemenls, and Jiill tvi/l do fo ; tbe Operatioris of vegetative Nature 
being maribus and intricate, and nol lo be difcovtred tcrlbout diligent Inquiry and 
jlrih ObJ emat ion and Experience ; me tberefore, tcilling to leud our Hamis, in 
order to tbe Promotion of fo laudctble, itfeful, and deligbtfd au Employment, have 
ttnanimoufiy allempled teba! tse jball arum aequam! you tcilb, and tebereof ibis 
prefent Piece is a Pari and Specimen. 
There bave indeed of late Tears been pullifbed many Books cn tbe SulyeCI of 
Gardening, and fome of ibem by very goad Hauds, giving good ‘Dirclliom for 
tbe Laying onl, Contrhing and ‘Diffofing ibe Paris cf large and magnificent 
Pleafife-Gardens, and many more ibat bave Irealed of tbe praCtical Part and 
Culture of tbe Furniture of tbofe of a more moderate Sorl ; bul many of tbem bave 
been tcrillen by Perfons of fiender Skill in tbe Knowledge of parlicular Planis, 
Flotccrs, or Fruits, and in tbe praBical Part of tbe Nurtnre of tbem j mofi of 
ibem having conlcntcd ihemfehes in copying from olber Wrilers, and hertee bave 
proceeded many egregious Mifiakes, in borrateing from olbers tbe Nomes of Planis, 
Flotcers or Fruits, and at tbe fune Time giving Defcriptions and ‘DireBions 
concerning tbe Culture of Planis of vaftly different Natares-, tebieb confonnding of 
Nomes has given a great dea! of Trouble nol only to Gentlemen, bul alfo to 
Gardeners, tebo tvould faiibftlly fupply ibeir Cufiomers tcilb ibe Irae Kinds for 
txbicb tbcy mile. 
SoME alfo in tranjlaling from foreign Autbors, bave menliond Tbings as 
comrnon, tebich are not al prefent, nor perhaps ever tcere in England ( andlike- 
teife bave approprialed Tbings lo Ufes, for tebieb ibey bave been by no means 
proper j fo ibat tbofe nebo bave fittgbl for proper Furniture either for ibeir 
Plcafure, Kitclien Gardcn, Wilderncls or Grecnlioufe, bave found ibemfekes 
egregionjly mified, and difappointcd in tbeir ExpcClations. 
A N D it is cbiefiy otcing to tbefe Mifiakes, tbat Gentlemen very oflen fend to 
Nttrfery Men for tbe fame Kind of Fruit, Piant, Scc. tebieb tbey already bave 
groteing in tbeir Gardens, ibo under a different Nome, and tvben tbey bave 
