viii PREFACE, 



A general fyftem of Gardening not 

 being the intention of this Treatife, 

 the Author will confine himfelf to 

 the management of Fruit-trees in 

 general, of Vines, Ananas or Pine- 

 Apple, Afparagus, and a new method 

 of raifingMufhrooms without fpawn. 



His method of managing the dif- 

 ferent Soils proper for Borders, for 

 Planting Fruit-trees, and of Pruning 

 them, if not the beft, has at leaft the 

 merit of being fo new, that it differs 

 entirely from any thing he has feen, 

 both as to theory and practice. 



The management of Fruit-trees has 

 been treated at large by moft of the 

 eminent writers on the fubject of Gar- 

 dening. The Author has read them 

 with attention, and while he fees 

 great objections to all their plans, 

 finds lefs reafon to attach himfelf to 

 any one 9f them, as there are hardly 



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