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PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS. 



The want of a small Garden Manual, suited to the 

 ti^.oil and climate of New-Hampshire, has been very 

 generally felt. There are, already, a large number of 

 Horticultural Works, Ijut most of them are adapted 

 to a clmiate farther South than New-Hampshire. — 

 Their expensCj too, as a general thing, renders their' 

 extensive introduction, a matter of considerable diffi- 

 culty. It is proposed, in this work, to obviate these 

 difficulties as far as practicable, by presenting the pub- 

 lic with a work whose cheapness places it within the 

 reach of every one, and yet, the directions of which, 

 shall be sufficiently copious for the successful cultiva- 

 tion of the Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Garden. 



Situation of a Garden. — Perhaps a majority of those 

 into whose hands this work will fall, have already se- 

 lected their situation, and made their arrangements, 

 so that it would be a matter of inconvenience to 

 change the location ; but where this is not the case, 

 the selection of a situation is a matter of no inconsid- 

 i^rable importance, and should be assiduously attend- 

 ee! to. Cold winds should be guarded against, espec- 

 ially those l^lowing from the North, North-Ead^ and 

 Nd)ih-West. A full exposure to the sun is essential 

 for the production of most culinary vegetables, and to 

 obtain this, it is necessary to have the garden on a 

 gentle declivity to the south, bearing, perhaps, a little 

 to the east, that it may have the benefit of the morn- 

 ing sun. A northern aspect is to be avoided, except 

 for some few kinds of vegetables, which grow there 



