WHAT I KNOW ABOUT GAR- 

 DENING. 



FIRST WEEK. 

 NDER this modest title, I purpose to 

 write a series of papers, some of which 

 will be like many papers of garden- 

 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 hop 

 ing that those who come after me, except tax- 

 gatherers and that sort of person, will find profit 

 in the perusal of my experience. As my knowl 

 edge is constantly increasing, there is likely to 

 be no end to these papers. They will pursue 

 no orderly system of agriculture or horticul- 



