The PREFACE. vii 



My l^efign In puhlijloing of thh Abridge 

 menty is not to leffen the Value of the Folio 

 Editions^ that being far from my thoughts 5 

 lut as the ^rice of the Folio was too great 

 for many ^Ferfons 'who are employed in the 

 pra£iical Fart of Gardenings I was deftred 

 hy fome of my Friends to fet about this 

 Work. 



To which I was the rather indue' dy as it 

 might prevent an Abridgment from injudi^ 

 cious Handsy by which not only my Interefi 

 in the Copy would have fufferd-^ but the 

 Fublick would have been impofed on with an 

 inaccurate Ferformance, publifjod^ according 

 to the Fra£iice now fo commonly^ tho bafely^ 

 purfud^ with Intention of fjoaring the Fro- 

 Jits of an Author s Labour ^ without giving 

 him any Conftderation for it. 



Jndy indeed, I foon found that this Ap- 

 prehenfton was far from being Groundlefs^ 

 and that it was highly proper to haflen this 

 Work'j for an Advertifement was inferted 

 in the publick Fapers^ of an Abridgment 



being 



