<5 INTRODUCTION. 



Garden ensures a pretty general knowledge of its 

 management. 



I cannot create a florist by a stroke of my pen, any 

 more than I can make a neat gardener in a summary 

 way, out of a common laborer, who never had a rake 

 in his hand. 



That the present hints should be presented in Calen- 

 dar form, appears advisable, to avoid confusion, and to 

 bring the respective flowers, and their culture, under 

 immediate consideration, at the precise time they ought 

 to meet attention ; and as in the Kitchen Garden I 

 made that form to commence with the month of 

 November, so likewise may the Floral year, with 

 great propriety, be considered to begin with the same 

 month, the culture of its earliest products being then to 

 be attended to, and preparation made for their appear- 

 ance in the following spring. M. D. 



