PREFACE. 



It is not without feelings of anxiety and 

 apprehension, that the Author commits his 

 second Work, on the vegetable gifts of Na- 

 ture, to the public. 



Their indulgence to his labours in the 

 vineyard, has emboldened him to venture on 

 a more extensive field ; he therefore now 

 offers his Treatise on " Cultivated Vege- 

 tables," in a similar shape, with a hope of 

 similar reception. Considering, however, the 

 almost infinite variety of plants which are 

 cultivated for use or pleasure, the Author 

 has thought it expedient to select those 

 familiar plants which seem entitled to the 

 most general attention. He has also intro- 

 duced some species of vegetables that are 

 not strictly cultivated, but whose services 

 and singular properties render them worthy 

 of notice. 



