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*raE:'i*LV7i3ii;-i-« mi^thiy visitor. 



fSAAC HILL, ^v SONS, 



y. At No. 3, Ayei's Biick Block. 



If. IUmht.'n, .. .!■ 

 iU4t^a Bt. IJttstuM 

 W iiiKtajtcr, JIs.v. 



\nEXT5.— B. Co.iu, K.'tlJ:-, -N' II.: 

 .'-• !l'r4'r-!l ritv, D. C. ; John Mass 



Ai.lS!.-. : Chabi.es W.mwen, Brinlty liow, 



W.islj 



.V I: 



.-nt.''ivillli3atlin'.ei'. totlij iwram who stell stiirt mure Uiaa 

 (lite siili3>;ril;T. Twelve copies will be sent for tUc nilvalR-e 

 uiiyni"llf.nf F,::' Dalhiri : t-.vciuv-fne coiiijsfor Toi Dollars: 

 silly cnpisf for rwi-ntj DoWv^. The |iayment incvoiy caiM tt. 

 biMiiiKln in ridvaiHii'. , . ,„ „ ', -, , 



arV.lfoaej/ itnd subsciiutijlii, »J,a rr-Ttdatrnv o) lU fosl M-,lci 

 ansmlixAlinaica^fsbcMl-Uctt!:./ the F:jstMt<-<lef, free, aj 

 r^ftufe, : i '\ii *" , ' . 



'will .,j,il;nu'i! Who lave licreinfflfff r.ctcd us AEontsaie 

 rcOTcTtid lotoMfin'ie l!ie:r Acfuv. Ohl puli=iriib.-rs wl:o 

 cJiisf iinder t!i' ii.-.v terms, « li! please notify us cf the names 

 already on our books. . ,. , 



LI^JC^i^TlTdJp 





t'obaeU on Garderiihg. 



vViiiiciiu (J)'b!>.Ut, like Thpiniia Pitiiie wlitnu he 

 ailmireil, or Hciijamiii Fiankliii li-oiii «hom lie 

 iJiffeivil periiaj)? oi.ly in i;uii.slitiilioiial te.iiperu- 

 iiif.Lit l;;;ifiii!:4; to ilit't'eiviiL a.sjoriiiiiur.s ami lii:r- 

 Ui]).; ii:!ii!i';iJi <'|iii>i;iii-, ""''a tniui i;f obsniva- 

 lioii au4 practical ^ooil rteiisc. Wo lonii llns 

 oj^iiiiioii of liiiii ii-');ii i-o:|iliiif, dc novo, bis inJiui - 

 i-al.ie work pn'G.irileiiiii.i;. ,;rh.inv.)rlc was '.vrjt- ] 

 ifii iii'.r./ ;ii..!i l\veiily-!;%i: y.cars a^o : yet il i.^ , 

 t'.e-li, iii!: M .i nxplici't in a'.i il,e |i()iiils.\%;trf.vi) nre 

 •ronsiiloic-i v.iuai'ls at tiig pivsmt i]ay in t!ic | 

 piopiiiiiiioii :if soils and iii.iiie treatment iiiobl. 

 sure lo iHoiliJCe crop:', Ciiiibetl's wm k oii G.ii (i- 

 .•iil!i;r .•jpi.-iias hetler to.tliis couniry lliaii any Kn- 

 glifh work Ixji'aii.'ii: lie liai! tlie Uenefi: of rcv.;r;il 

 years e.\peric!ice in tlie Uniied States: (or iiijiny 

 seai-oiis li'j s'ici,es5!iiiiy pmsaed tiie ikn.~-iiies.-i of 

 a lariiitii; aiiJ liorticultiuisl 'Ui Loiig Islnnsl in (he 

 vicinity oC lliH city, ot" New York : li,i<i ,u oik of 

 course ai'plies.weil lo Uiu Aiiieritan soil and c!i- 

 . Hialc wUicli is ei ery wiicro ^i;)yii;ir-.in. ito '.iiaiii 

 points ari'l unlike:, that Oil,' ^^rcal Britain. 'i'lie 

 llieoiics of liij IJrili^ll 'ijrnicr will not aluays 

 apply WHii li.'Vu, liecauVt'tiie hiiiiiidity of- l.lial.at- 

 ini'isplieic ;.- ^:>;aicr il,;.i:Vii;t : tilt Hiiri.-'ijlinilivr 

 <;aoni)t prt:cli;0(- Inui.ii' corn.or maize, a; ;iii, l^e- 

 dii.-e tlial cou:ilrj ii..is not me wnrmiiig .stiji of 

 our ciiiriiiie;; but tlieir crop.-: of wlitalaui! olii^r 

 suKil! {grains are more sure tliaii our.-:. 



The slylo of Cobbott is niucli inore iittraciivu 

 llian that of mimy oilier aoricuiinrai ivriiors. — 

 'fiiat .style was iiaiiicil by almost daily vviiiiiij,' 

 Hiiyii s'»iiio topic, "riie (iifdiealion of lii.s uink 

 on Gardcnint; is a beautiliil sample of ibe case 

 of his ejfislobiry writing. Cobbeit in bis yoiitli 

 was iinkliered and mitaiigbt — bis siyle was ac- 

 rp.iired inthescboul of |)niigent and severe po- 

 iaica! •.vrilers: bis lirst essays as a political «iiier 

 >yi,rc co.iisc and even vnfuar, and be carried mil 

 iliis. manner in ibe most of bis po'iviia! prodnc- 

 lious to llie end. In 179a be puiilisbed tb.e I'oi- 

 cilpiae at I'bibulelpiiia — a m.wspapt." wliicb iben 

 espoused tbo I'asbiuiiablp or I'ederal siilc : iie was 

 liieji Biiiisbiii all bis predilcclii/iis. Leayioj^ llie 

 ciiimiry Hien as not liriiisb eiioiigb, lie after- 

 waril> ill Simrbind became a cbampioii of ultra 

 dsinocraey, and tliere snff>'red line and impris- 

 iimient lor bis 'ipposiiion to ibe uoverniiienl.^ — 

 t le came a second time to tbis eonnlry ; and ij 

 was ibon dial be became the farmer and winle. 

 amony niany otber lbin,;;s, bi.'j woi k on Garden- 

 insr. : ■ -' 



• He ptdilisbcd bis vvwk ittKllgla'.ul afterwards, 

 a«>*. uil^-t-'tiMi-^ .A- 



and from thai country addressed llie lodowm.ir 

 letter dclicatoiy : 



DE.'K'ATION. 

 To Mrs. rieadwell, of Salisbury I'lace, Loug 

 Islatid. 

 London, '2Qlh June, I8'31. 



iif.AR .VIadaim: — He pleased lo receiv.; lb.; fol- 

 lovvin.g little work as a mark of die liigbesl re- 

 spect nbicli it is in tlie power of tbe autlior to 

 siiow lo any bninan bein". Tbe work was, lur 

 ibe greater part, written wbile 1 lived in your 

 nei.ubborliood, and while J had tbe bnppiness to 

 eiijiiy Ibe rnmierous advantages ol' an inierconrse 

 with yoer laiuily. Kcui pleasiii es, when once 

 possessed, are always enjoyed until meniory qiills 

 tbe mind. 'Hiose who liiive once seen a ned of 

 beamifiil Ir.bps, carnaiions. or auriculas, enjoy, 

 iluriiij,' die, Ibe ilcli^btfnl sij^bt, in rocoileclioii ,; 

 and, in deiiance of lime and of Im-al disiance, 1 

 shall, as long us iiiemory remains, still enjoy the 

 [)lc.isui-e arisic.;; liom tbal poliienc-js uniainled by 

 afffi.-taiiun, that muisienriilions bosiiitality, that 

 kindness coming (iom ibe boilom of tbe heart, 

 which will, ill my mind, always be aisnciated 

 wiiii the name of 'I'l'taiiwell. 



'i'i at part of ibis work wliicli lelaies lo flow- 

 ers, owes its being Avrilten to ibe ji;reat ilelii;ht 

 wlindi i obsericd >cii to tiike in the cnllivaiimi oi' 

 this beautiful class of the productions of the 

 ^uden; and ii' it should be found calculated to 

 add, in the smallest de^'iee, to your pleasures in 

 that healtlifnl, inno -enL, rational, and ins'.rnclive 

 pursuit, that ciicum.iiancG will attijrd a singular 

 gratilicai'on lo, 



Dear Madam. 



Vonr liiost <iuedh!;il, 



And mnst humble servaili, 



vvi\i. couiu-rrj'. 



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1. The proper uses of a Preface appear to be, 

 10 ■;iye the reader inlbrmation which may be 

 us"fnl durins die perusal of tbe work to which 

 it is preli.xed ; to explain the nature and object of 

 the work: lo point out the method of tbe ar- 

 rangement of its several parts; and, in short, to 

 tift'ord t!ie means of dee preparation ibr the task 

 Ibe reader is eiiterin<r upon; which prejiaration 

 is ahvayg a great ■advtihtft.!»e io-the iiutbor as well 

 as to tb'e reader, c ' ' ■'■"';'-i--. : ■.'■ ■ ■' • 



;i As to the nature of the vvork, it I's,' T iio])r, 

 prelly clearly stated in tiie 'I'i'le I'aje. Tbe oh- 

 ?fc/-'e"vidently is to canse (be art of irardening lo 

 'hi- lii'iier niidcrslo(»d anil praefiseri ibaii it'nbw u 

 in America ; and Vert' fiivv^iw'-'^''*'"'^ "■'"''.''^"-^''^"' 

 thero is, in this eiisc; plenty 



•garden,- is a sroven indeed. The inside of a la- 

 borer's bouse, his habits, his (jiialilies as a woik- 

 nian, and almost bis morabiy, may be jiidge<l of 

 from the appearance of bis .uarden. If that bo 

 neglected, he i.s, nine tunes out of ton, a t-luggard 

 or ii drunkard, or both. 



;;. It seems, ai lirst sigbl, \ cry odd tbal tbis taste 

 tor iiardciiing sbonld not have been preserved in 

 America; but it is accnimlsHl for by refiectinj<, 

 that where land is abmnlimt. atlachnienj and 

 even attention lo siiiaii .■://(),'? werr away. To de- 

 sire to possess land is a universal ilesire, and van- 

 ity makes lis prefer (juanlhy lo qiialiiy. Yon may 

 pi'ivc MS clearly as daylight, ihal it is better, in 

 certain cases, to |,>ossess one acre tin ii a liiiii- 

 dred ; but where do yon fmil the man that pre- 

 fers the one acre.' When larj;e parcels of land 

 ai-e undei taken to be cuilivaied, small ones are 

 held in c.jnlompt; and, ihonsh a good gnrdeti 

 supplies so large a part of wnat is consimied by 

 a family, : nd keeps s'jppl\ ing it all tbe year round 

 too, there aie many liirmersevcn in England, who 

 grudge even a vvheclbhrio'v full of maniin^ that 

 is l)estowo<l on liie garden. To remove this neg- 

 lect as lo gaVileniiig- in Ameiica, is one of the ob- 

 jects of this work ; ami 1 ibiek 1 shall,. in the pro- 

 gress of the work, show that the garden may, be- 

 sides iis intrilisie ntilily, be nuule to be a most 

 valuable belii-mate lo tbe farm. 



4. It is impossible to vvriie a book that shall 

 exclusively apply to every pariicniar case. Sonje 

 jjersons have need of large, while olbers want 

 oidv small, gardens ; iiut -is lo silualion, soij, and 



fencing, the rules will apj.ly to all eases. Those 

 who want neither hot beds noi greeii-lionse.^, 

 !iiayread the part Irealing of them, or leave it 

 ui^read, piste'- ibey please; hot 1 think that it 

 will notretpiire much to be raid to convince eve- 

 ry American farmer, iiorlh of Carolina, at least, 

 that he oimht lo have a hol-bed in the spring. 



5. I have divided the ir:;iier.-: treated of, ihns: 

 Tbe first cbafiior Heals of ibe simation, soil, (i^nc- 

 ing, and laying-ontof gai<i.iis; the wcofirf. of the 

 making anil managing- of i:o!-beds and green- 

 houses; tbe third, of proi'-galion and cullivalioH 

 generally; I'le Wirce remaining chapters treat of 

 the raising and managing of llie several plant.>=, 

 each under its pariicular naiiie, classed under the 

 heads, Vesetables and flerlis : Fruils ; Flaunrs.— 

 In each of these last three rl, inters, 1 have, in ar- 

 ranging mv niatler, follow (-,(1 lUc.dpliiihetiail, order 

 isi' tlie naines of ibe se-.cr.d plant,-, wbi(di mode 

 of arrangement iimst nalmally tend to make the 

 woik of reference easy. But riS very frequent 

 ref(i'.:ue must be iiecessaiy, and as the n'.ility of 

 Ihe work must, in some degfe, deiiend on tlie 

 iacility wlib w hich the sen lal phits of it c.-iu be 

 referred to, llrere are two ii di^xesnl the end— oue, 

 of tbe name of tbe several plants, and lbs other, 

 of the matters generally. For llie Fiiine reason, 

 1 have n'imtjere'i the poragr^i/ihs llironghout the 

 work. A iijore proper term iiiigbl have been 

 found than that of VegektUta, sccinj; that, strictly 

 speaking, that word ivp[dies to all things thiit 

 "row from the earth. But as we c«ll those pro- 



iity of rooni for in'iprove- 

 inei.f. AmVrica bits soil anti climale'far siirpass- 

 iiii; those r'f •England, and \eishe is surprisingly 

 defieieiit in vaiicMy lis well'as quality of f^ardeii 

 products. 1 am not alluding to things of orna- 

 ment, Of appertaining lo h/rmvow.? enjoyments, but 

 to things that are, really osefut, and that tend to 

 profit and to the preseivation of liealih, wilhoiit 



which I iller. life is not ■W'ortli !i;iv!ii!j. It is in- , . . , ■ 



credible to those who have trot had (K-icaSion to jdiiclsof the garden, wliieb we use m Ibeir iiutir 

 observe the fic, Imw large a part nf the .suste- lal shape as biimaii luod : as wo generally call 

 nance of a country-laborer's fafuily, in Engbmrj, | tiie.se only the u:inie ol K;i-d«Wf.', i have chosen 

 comes out of bis Ihlle garden. The labon rs of; ibat word in preiereiicfi lo oii.i wbicb, UioUjib 

 England aredisfinguisiicd frorrt thnsii of odicr 

 couMiries by several striking [I'cciiViariiies ; bin 

 bv no one ale Ibey so strongly dislingtiisbod as 

 by their ;"omlrcss|of ibcir gai-flens, and by 'ije 

 diligence, care al/ilfaste',' which they show in Ihe 

 management of llieni. 'I'fie reproaeb wdiirb Rolo- 

 nion, in ibe wo'-ds of my .mosto, affi.xes oti llie 

 slothful and ignov.mt'hns'baiidmhn, ihey seem to 



have coiistaiiliy Tii thidr niiiids, aiid to be con- 

 staiilly on tbe watch to prevent it from applying 

 lo themsidves. Poverty may apologize for a dirty 

 dress c?r an ■ nnsbaven face ; ^men may be- ncgli- 

 o-eiu of their persons ; but the Fenlence of (he 

 wbnio iia'.ion is, that be, who isasloum in bis 



more striclly proper, wonio lie less generally un- 

 derstood. "Nv,yly ilie, siinfl,' .rjiay ,be, said of tin; 

 wwiXherbs. , , i:.,:u,; .U.:- ;i: .'j >., . .-■■ 



ti.ifioaie iiti sons, may ibipk ,i|iat ^;«w ar^ 

 ibiugs of no use ; that ibey arc nonscnsiad things. 

 Tiie. same may be, and perhaps wiili more reason, 

 said of piciure.-^. An Ilab.ni, while lie gives liiH 

 foilime for a picture, will biiigh lo scorn h llol- 

 lander, who leaves a iiilip-rool as a forlnne to his 

 son. For my part, as a ibing to ketqi, and not 

 to sell; as a thing, the |iossession of which is to 

 give me pleasure^ 1 hesiiale iiol a nionient to pre- 

 fer Ihe plant of a tine carnation to a gold watch 

 set with diaiiio'ids. ,,, . i , ■ 



