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3IO THE KITCHEN GARDENER. [B. ;Jr 



ed, and the means of gratification employ- 

 ed. The progrefs was lougjlowfy progref- 

 Jive in our ifland m ? but now a fpirit of ufe- 

 ful improvement hath manifefted itfelf in 

 all orders of the community, unknown to 

 other ages. The branches of gardening 

 and agriculture have made rapid progrefs ; 

 but an ample field is ftill left open, in 

 which the ingenious and induftrious may 

 difplay their talents and perfeverance. 



The various modes of raifing food for 

 man, by cultivating the earth, are to 

 be comprehended under the two general 

 heads, Gardening and Agriculture. Thefe 

 go hand in hand, being nearly allied to 

 one another; the chief conftituent diffe- 

 rence being in the implements ufed, and 

 the manner of employing them. In the 

 one, the labour is chiefly manual ; but in 

 the other, the far greater part is perform- 

 ed by aid of cattle. 



The plough is a moft ufeful inftrument, 

 but it is not fo efficacious on a fmall fcale 

 as a fpade. Hence the fuperiority of the 

 garden over the field, in refped to the fu- 

 perabundance of its produce. 



The more we do for the foil, the more 



grateful 



