yi Peeface. 



instances, been impracticable. Among the numerous works con- 

 sulted, we take pleasure in acknowledging our indebtedness for 

 valuable aid to each and all of the following : 



^Loudon's Encyclopedia of Gardening. 

 *'Mrs. Loudon's Gardening for Ladies 



Delamer's Kitchen Garden. 

 ' ' Flower Garden. 



Neill's Gardener's Companion. 

 <'Buist's Family Kitchen Gardener. 



Fessenden's American Kitchen Gardener. 



Every Lady Her Own Flower Gardener. 



Barry's Fruit Garden. 

 ^Downing's Fruits and Fruit-Trees. 

 «'Jaques' Fruits and Fruit-Trees. 



Tucker's Annual Eegister. 



Farm and Garden Essays. 



Thorburn's Descriptive Catalogues. 

 ^'White's Gardening for the South. 



Horticulturist. 



Country Gentleman. 

 ^Southern Cultivator. 



Allen's American Farm Book. 



Boussingault's Economic Rurale. 



Downing' s Landscape Gardening. 

 <^Lindley's Theory of Horticulture. 



Gray's Botanical Text-Book. 

 <^'Darby's Botany of the Southern States. 



To the works marked thus {■■'■') we are under special obligations, 

 either for matter derived from them, or for valuable facts or sug- 

 gestions made more indirectly available. 



Trusting that this little manual will be found worthy of a 

 measure of the favor with which his previous humble attempts 

 at usefulness has been received, the author now submits it to the 

 judgment of the great Public. 



