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judicious, and suitable instruction, the happy result of which 

 would give impulse to his perseverance. 



To obviate this necessity, as much as is in my power, and to 

 contribute my mite to the welfare of my fellow citizens, and to 

 the general improvement of the country, I have undertaken this 

 work, and arranged the matter according to the seasons of the 

 year, that the reader may have an easy reference to the particular 

 business to be performed in every month. By this means the 

 subject becomes a daily amusement and study, applicable at the 

 moment, and consequently leaving a lasting impression on the 

 memory; which, if attended to for a few years, may make any 

 person who has a taste for admiring and enjoying the magnifi- 

 cence, beauties, and bounties of Nature in its vegetable produc- 

 tions, a complete Master of the Art, and, if he pleases, his own 

 Gardener. 



In writing this treatise, I have had recourse to the best publi- 

 cations, American, English, French, and Latin, lest any useful 

 suggestions or modern improvements in the art should escape my 

 notice or recollection; still keeping in view, not only the differ- 

 ence of climate, season, and the necessary modes of culture in 

 foreign countries, but also in the extensive region of which the 

 United States are composed. It is, however, probable, notwith- 

 standing all my assiduity and care in collecting as much informa- 

 tion as possible with respect to the most proper seasons for sowing 

 particular kinds of seeds,' &c., in the remote parts of the Union, that 

 I have fallen into some mistakes ; for these, as well as typographi- 

 cal errors, to which a work of this kind is unavoidably subject, I 

 solicit the reader's excuse; and shall consider myself under seri- 

 ous obligations to those whose personal friendship or patriotism 

 shall induce them to inform me of any horticultural errors which 

 I may have committed, or improvements that may be made, in 

 order that the former be corrected, and the latter, if justified by 

 experience, published in some future work, or edition of this. 



The culture and management of Grape- Vines, and all other 

 kinds of fruit-trees which can be cultivated with us to advantage, 

 or even to indulge curiosity; the raising and planting of Thorn 

 Quicks and other plants suitable for Live Hedges; the cultivation 

 of Liquorice, Khubarb, Sea Kale (Cramle maritima), Cork-tree, 

 Manna, Ash, Tanner's Sumack (Rhus Coriaria), Paper Mulberry, 



