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 tin 

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

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

 class of plants, in language as plain as the subject would 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 who delight in flowers, 

 and yet cannot allow themselves to enter into great expense h 

 their cultivation. 



L. JOHNSON. 



