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Upon the whole, I am in hopes that thiaf 

 efFort of mine to render the cultivation of early- 

 cucumbers more intelligible, more eafy, and 

 more certain, will not prove ineffedual, but be 

 acceptable and ufeful to many whofe bufmefs it 

 is adually to perform the pradical part ; and I 

 am alfo not without fome hopes of its being ac- 

 ceptable, at leaft in forae degree, even to thofe 

 whofe bufmefs is not actually to cultivate, but 

 who admire and encourage the bringing to 

 perfe£l:ion fuch fruits and vegetables as are gene- 

 rally thought worthy of being brought forward 

 by means of artificial heat and moiflure, and 

 which, on account of the expenfe attending 

 the mode of their cultivation, and the fkill and 

 attention required in their management, have^ 

 are, and ever will be, accounted rarities. 



Addiscombe Place^ 



May I, 1794. i .al 



