iv ADVERTISEME>'T. 



Publishers of ' The School Library ;' but they, pre- 

 ferring a freshly written and original work, were favored 

 with this. It was the intention of Judge Buel, during the 

 then coming Winter, to follow this with another Work, on 

 matters interesting to the Farmer and general reader, but 

 the All-wise Disposer of events has seen fit to order dif- 

 ferently, and this Volume, therefore, as his last and most 

 important work, must be looked upon as a rich legacy by 

 bim bequeathed to the friends of Agriculture and Educa- 

 tion, and as an earnest of what, had his life been spared, 

 he would have continued to do for the advancement of 

 the two interests, for whose success his earnest aspira- 

 tions were sent up. 



The Publishers are indebted to the kindness of Jesse 

 Buel, Esq., (son of the deceased Judge,) and the Agricul- 

 tural and Horticultural Societies of New Haven, Conn., 

 for the Address, — the last prepared by the lamented Au- 

 thor, — which is appended to this Volume. To Amos 

 Dean, Esq., of Albany, they are also indebted, for per- 

 mission to insert his valuable Eulogy on the life and char- 

 acter of Judge Buel. 



A full Glossary, or explanation of all the words not 

 easily to be understood by young persons, and a copious 

 Index, have been added ; and the Pubhshers confidently 

 beheve, that this Volume is one of the best books for our 

 agricultural population, which has ever been presented to 

 the public. 



Boston, May, 1840. 



