iV PREFACE. 



the productions of a well cultivated Garden, are too evi- 

 dent to need any remarks by way of illustration. The 

 health they afford to the family, not only in the luxuries 

 which they furnish for the table ; but in the exercise, 

 amusement, and enjoyment they impart in their cultiva- 

 tion, exceed all description : in fact, the fruits and vege- 

 tables of a garden are the life of a family, upon every 

 principle of enjoyment and economy. I have wholly omit- 

 ted all remarks upon the flower-garden, and confined my- 

 self to the plain and useful remarks of the sauce, or kitch- 

 *n-2rarden< with a few hints upon garden-fruits generally. 





