CONTENTS* 



SECTION 1. Praise of Gardening. 



2. Concerning Vegetation. 



3. The Formation of a Garden. 



4. The Cultivation of a Garden. 



5. Of Propagation. 



6. Of a Nursery. 



7. Of Graffing. 



8. Of Planting. 



9. Of Shrubs, Shrubberies, &c. 



10. Of Forest Trees. 



11. Of Rural Gardening. 



12. Of Pruning. 

 IS. Of Hot-Beds. 



14. Of raising Cucumbers and Melons, 



15. Of Esculents. 

 i, 16. Of Herbs, &c. 



17. Of Fruits. 



18. Of Flowers. 



19. Lists of Trees, Shrubs, and Flowers. 

 $G. A CALENDAR. 



The .Alphabetical Lists in Section 19? contain a great 

 number of plants, and those trees, shrubs, and flowers, which 

 are not referred to in the Index, must be looked for in this 

 Section ; where is mentioned their stature, time of tiowering, 

 colour, nature, and propagation; all which arrangements are 

 formed on a plan entirely new. Those who are led by the 

 Index to any of the articles of observation in Sect. 19> should 

 also turn to the preceding List for the^saine article, in order 

 to complete their information* 



