TKANSLATOB'S PEEFACE. 



ONE of the ways of increasing our own knowledge is 

 that of comparing it with the knowledge of others. It 

 is not to be doubted that the various branches of 

 Garden Practice and Literature have been well culti- 

 vated in England; and it is still less doubtful that 

 these subjects have been as thoroughly studied in 

 France, and expounded with unrivalled precision and 

 clearness. 



The present Work on the Cultivation of Fruit Trees 

 is an evidence of this. It can scarcely be read by 

 the most proficient Arboriculturist without imparting 

 something to his previous knowledge, while to the 

 many whose information is limited it cannot fail to be 

 of great value. 



It would be no small addition to our smaller pleasures 

 to be able to grow for home use a good supply of our 

 choicest fruits ; and if a sufficient modicum of this 

 knowledge could be imparted to our agricultural 

 labourers and persons of limited means residing in 



