THE 



AMERICAN GARDENER; 



OR, 



On the Situation, Soil, Fencing- and Laying-Out pf 

 Gardens ; on the Making- and Managing- of Hot- 

 Beds and Green-Houses ; and on the Propa- 

 gation and Cultivation of the several 

 sorts of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits 

 and Flowers. 



BY WILLIAM COBBETT. 



" I went by the field of the Slothful, and by the vineyand 

 u of the man void of understanding : and lo ! it was all 

 u grown over with thorns, ami nettles covered the face 

 " thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 

 " Then I saw and considered it well ; I looked upon it and 

 (< received instruction." PROVERBS, chap. xxiv. vcn 30. 



Baltimore: 



PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY 

 7. ROBINSON, CIRCULATINGXIBRAUY, AND 



J. ROBINSON & Co. FREDERICK, MD, 



1823. 



LIBRARY 

 NIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 



