Vlll PREFACE. 



been more familiar with that which appertains to practical 

 gardening, than with the contents of literary folios ; and 

 that having no wish, were I even competent, to amuse classi- 

 cal readers with a tedious vocabulary of Greek, Latin, and 

 Botanical terms, I have confined my attention to the 

 teaching of plain people the first rudiments of Floriculture, 

 in a concise and explicit manner ; and I flatter myself that 

 my labour has not been in vain. 



T. BRIDGEMAN. 



New- York, January, 1840. 



