2 54 P/* ^^^ Management and 



and Informations from the beft Authors 

 extant, (as I have already particularly ob- 

 ferv'd in the Preface to my 2d Volume) be- 

 ing very fenfible that my Book would have 

 been very deficient and incompleat without 

 them : But 1 hope the World will do me the 

 Juftice to own, that there is no Particular I 

 have taken from the Writings of any other, 

 but what appears here with Additions and 

 Improvements. 



It has been my great Ambition and De- 

 fire to entertain the Nobility, Quality, and 

 Gentlemen of Eftates, with the beft Defcrij)- 

 tion I were capable of in my Profeflion, at 

 the fame Time having a due Regard to the 

 moft minute Information neceflary to be com- 

 rnunicated to the praftical Gardener. This 

 I could not have done without the Meafures 

 1 have taken 5 and if I have the good For- 

 tune not to fail in the former, I think I am 

 pretty fure of pleafing the latter. 



To conclude, I hope I (hall not be too 

 feverely dealt with by the Generality -of 

 Mankind, when I have taken fuch elabo- 

 rate Pains to divert them : And as I began 

 with Poetry, and in the Summer Seafon all 

 Gentlemen are fond of Retirement into the 

 Country, I don't doubt but they'll readily 

 join with me in thefe Lines of the celebrated 

 Mr. Addifon 5 



Bear 



