GENERAL REMARKS. $ 



It may be necessary to state further, that though shady 

 situations are useful for the purpose of raising Celery, Cab- 

 bage and other small plants, slips, &c. in the summer 

 Qason,J;haj; ;all standard trees should be excluded from a. 

 * 'Ritchen^Xjartieivfor^ the following reasons : First, their 

 .% 2 5 2J>et. .^fiffc&d so jtoidely, and imbibe so much moisture from 

 l *tfie grcrund,*thUt'little l is left for the nourishment of any plant 

 within the range of their influence ; Secondly, when in full 

 leaf,they shade a large space, and obstruct the free circulation 

 of the air, so essential to the well-being of all plants ; 

 Thirdly, the droppings from trees are particularly injurious 

 to whatever vegetation they fall upon. 



Previous to entering on the work of a garden, the 

 gardener should lay down rules for his future government. 

 In order to this, he should provide himself with a blank book. 

 In this he should first lay out a plan of his garden, allotting 

 a place for all the different kinds of vegetables he intends 

 to cultivate. As he proceeds in the business of planting his 

 grounds, if he were to keep an account of every thing he 

 does relative to his garden, he would soon obtain some 

 knowledge of the art. This the writer has done for the last 

 twenty years, and he flatters himself that a publication of 

 the results of his practice will be interesting and useful to 

 his readers. 



If gardeners were to make it a rule to record the dates 

 and particulars of their transactions relative to tillage, 

 planting, &c., they would always know when to expect 

 their seeds to come up, and how to regulate their crops for 

 succession ; and, when it is considered that plants of the 

 Brassica, or cabbage tribe, are apt to get infected at the 

 roots, if too frequently planted in the same ground, and 

 that a rotation of crops in general is beneficial, it will appear 

 evident that a complete register of every thing relative to 

 culture is essential to the well-being of a garden. 



One important point to be attended to, is to have a supply 

 of good old manure, and other composts, ready to incorporate 

 with the earth ; also a portion of ashes, soot, tobacco dust, 

 and lime, for the purpose of sowing over seed beds in dry 



