MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN. 



WHAT I KNOW ABOUT GAEDENING. 



FIRST WEEK. 



TTNDER this modest title, I purpose 

 S^ to write a series of papers, some of 

 which will be like many papers of gar 

 den-seeds, with nothing vital in them, on 

 the subject of gardening; holding that 

 no man has any right to keep valuable 

 knowledge to himself, and hoping that 

 those who come after me, except tax- 

 gatherers and that sort of person, will 

 find profit in the perusal of my experi 

 ence. As my knowledge is constantly 

 increasing, there is likely to be no end 

 to these papers. They will pursue no 

 orderly system of agriculture or horti 

 culture, but range from topic to topic, 



