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laying to sow their seed until a period when they ought to 

 be preparing to gather a crop ; hence it frequently happens 

 that such, on the appearance of any rare vegetable in mar- 

 ket, are induced to visit the store for some seed, which, al- 

 though they sow it out of the ordinary season, they expect 

 to gather perfect specimens of vegetables. (See notes pages 

 52 and 72.) Others, again, are so inattentive to their seed 

 beds, after depositing seed therein, that they neglect all 

 precautions of preserving their crops from the attacks of in- 

 sects, which often make clean work before they are disco- 

 vered. (See notes in pages 19, 55 and 104.) As such cus- 

 tomers are generally loudest in their exclamations against 

 seedsmen, I have been induced to discuss the most impor- 

 tant points connected with the subjects, with a view to strike 

 at the root of the most fatal errors attending the cultivation 

 of a garden, and I flatter myself that my labours will be duly 

 appreciated. 



As it is not intended in this Preface to give directions, 

 but merely to show the object of the work, I would here 

 inform the reader, that the general remarks for the manage- 

 ment of the Kitchen Garden, pages 13 to 30, explain the 

 method of destroying insects; of drilling, rolling, planting, 

 and managing the various soils; together with some useful 

 tables calculated to make the attentive reader thoroughly 

 acquainted with the ait of gardening. 



T. BRIDGEMAN 



