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COMMENDATORY NOTICES. 



"The first edition of "The Young Gardener's Assistant" has been 

 favourably noticed in France : " One of the leading articles of the Annates 

 de V Institute Royal Horticole de Fromont, is a long notice of " The Young 

 Gardener's Assistant," by Mr. Thomas Bridgeman, of this city. The 

 editor, Le Chevalier Soulange Bodin, speaks of the little work in very 

 commendable terms." New Tfcrk Farmer. 



Extract of a review of this work in the Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, 

 &c, published by Hovey & Co., Boston : 

 " The work is written in plain language, easily to be understood by the 

 young beginner in gardening, who will find it a great help ; and its value, 

 even to the experienced person, is by no means of an ordinary character. 

 It is adapted to our climate, and unlike compilations from English 

 works, the novice is not led into disappointment by following the rules 

 there laid down, as he generally is, when following the advice of the latter. 

 We repeat, that as far as the book pretends, it is worth all others of 



A SIMILAR CHARACTER THAT HAVE EVER BEEN PUBLISHED IN THIS COUN- 

 TRY ; and its cheapness should place it in the hands of all new beginners." 



" No work ever published has been so studiously written to give plain 

 useful information. By being arranged in the form of a catalogue, you 

 can turn in a moment to any name you desire, where the time of sowing, 

 depth, soil, after treatment, &c &c, is clearly defined. The Calendarial 

 Index, giving a summary of work for every month, is itself worth the whole 

 price of the book, and must have cost the author much research and labor- 

 ious thought. Mr. Bridgeman is not a theorist, but is in the daily practice 

 of what he writes, and of course well qualified to direct all beginners in the 

 profitable and delightful employment of cultivating a garden, ' a profession 

 and an employment for which no man is too high or too low.' " Genessee 

 Farmer. 



" It will, we are persuaded, be found, what the writer intends it shall be, 

 ' generally useful to such as may wish to superintend, or take the manage 

 ment of their own gardens.' Mr. Bridgeman is a gardener himself, in the 

 Bowery road, and his directions are therefore applicable to our climate an 

 advantage of no little moment." American. 



"Among the plants for the cultivation of which I The Young Gardener's 

 Assistant ' contains directions, are a number of culinary vegetables not 

 generally introduced in the United States. The introduction and success- 

 tttl cultivation of useful foreign vegetables add to the resources of our 

 country. We recently saw, for instance, in Mr. Bridgeman's garden, seve- 

 ral varieties of Broad Beans, Vicia faba, in a most vigorous and thrifty 

 growth. They occupied a clayey spot of ground that was not suitable so 

 early in the season for any other vegetable. They put forth a beautiful 

 blossom, and would serve as an ornament for the flower garden." New 

 York Farmer. 



