THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, 



IN ONE LARGE VOLUME, PRICE SIXTEEN SHILLINGS, BOARDS, 



A GUIDE 



TO THE 



ORCHARD AND KITCHEN-GARDEN; 



OR, AN ACCOUNT OF THE MOST VALUABLE 

 FRUIT AND VEGETABLES 



CULTIVATED IN GREAT BRITAIN: 



WITH 



CALENDARS OF THE WORK REQUIRED IN THE ORCHARD AND 

 KITCHEN-GARDEN 



DURING EVERY MONTH IN THE YEAR. 



BY GEORGE LINDLEY, C.M. H.S. 



EDITED BY 



JOHN LINDLEY, F.R.S. 



&c. &c. 



ASSISTANT SECRETARY TO THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



PREFACE BY THE EDITOR. 



THE Author of the following work has been occupied, at intervals, during nearly forty 

 years, in preparing for the press, materials' for a complete account of the Fruit 

 Trees and Vegetables cultivated in the Gardens of Great Britain. The result of these 

 inquiries is now presented to the reader, in a form which, it is thought, is so condensed 

 as to comprehend the greatest quantity of information in the smallest compass, and 

 which at the same time, is sufficiently diffuse to render it possible for the reader to 

 acquire as much knowledge as is either important or indispensable in regard to any 

 particular variety. Those points which are so peculiarly interesting to all Gardeners, 

 such as the kind of stock upon which a given variety will succeed better than upon 

 another, the comparative value of each kind of fruit, the aspects that it requires, 

 the different names under which it is known in England or elsewhere, the books in 

 which a faithful figure may be found, the purposes for which it is best adapted, the 

 seasons when it is in the greatest perfection, and topics of a similar kind, have been 

 in all cases treated with especial care. This there are few men more competent to do 

 well than Mr. Lindley, whose long practical experience, and ample opportunities of 

 investigating such subjects personally during a series of many years, have been such as 



have rarely fallen to the lot of any one. 



[Tw?*n over. 



London : Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. 



