XIV INTRODUCTION TO FIRST EDITION. 



treats of the nursery. The third of plantations, orchards 

 of different kinds, gardens, etc. ; their laying out and 

 management, and of the pruning and training of trees in 

 different forms. The fourth contains abridged descrip- 

 tions of the best fruits, a chapter on gathering and pre- 

 serving fruits, another on diseases and insects, and another 

 on the implements in common use. 



Illustrations have been introduced wherever the nature 

 of the subject seemed to require them, and it was possible 

 to get them prepared. It is believed that these will prove 

 of great value in imparting a correct knowledge of the 

 various subjects. Upwards of one hundred of the more 

 important figures have been drawn from nature by Pro- 

 fessor Sintzenich, of Rochester. 



P. B. 



Mount Hope Garden and Nurseries, \ 

 ROCHESTER, N. Y. J 



