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- 



