IV PREFACE TO THE SECOND FDITIOX. 



chattering all the way from Galashiels to Glasgow, 

 told every thing about the Manse Garden as well as 

 its gardener. Thus foiled in his plan of conceal- 

 ment, by " a bird of the air," what can the Author 

 do but, with indifferent grace, set down his name 

 in the title page I 



As the science he unfolds is of slow attainment, 

 having its round of experiments only once in the 

 year, he cannot, having published in seed time, be 

 expected, before the crop has come off the ground, 

 to come forward with new improvements to enhance 

 a new edition. Some additions however have been 

 made, as a meagre token of his thanks for the kind- 

 liness with which his little work has been received 

 a reception which cannot have further exceeded 

 his desert than it has his expectations. 



