IV PREFACE. 



I have endeavored to meet their views ; and my plan of Floricul- 

 ture may be carried into effect by any lady who can command the 

 services of an old man, a woman, or a stout boy. I have omitted 

 the names of all tender plants ; and I have given a chapter to each 

 class of plants, in language as plain as the subject fvould allow. 

 I have avoided technicality ; and I have endeavored to execute my 

 task with a due respect to economy, simplicity, and arrangement. 

 I dedicate my work to all of my own sex wh<» delight in flowers, 

 and yet cannot allow themselves to enter into great expense in 

 iheir cultivation. 



L. JOHNSON. 



