PREFACE. 



TH E Defign of the prefent fmall 

 Work, on Gardening, is intended 

 as a General Introduction to the fyftematic 

 Knowledge of the feveral different Diftrids, 

 and that of the various Plants, Sec. rela- 

 ting thereto; each Diftri6l being difplayed 

 under a diftindl Head, confifting of the 

 Flower -Garden and Pleafure- Ground, 

 Shrubbery and Plantations, Fruit-Garden 

 and Kitchen-Garden, Green-Houfe and 

 Hot-Houfe, &c. not in the manner of a 

 Monthly Calender; but each Divifion is 

 fyftematically defcribed throughout, in re- 

 gard to its refpeftive Utility, Plan, Di- 

 menfions, proper Soil, Situation, &c. and 

 under each is a full Diiplay of all the dif- 

 ferent Species and Varieties of Plants, 

 Trees, Shrubs, Flowers, and Fruits, as 

 are generally, or occafionally cultivated 

 therein, all fyftematically arranged, de- 

 fcribing their Nature and Temperature of 

 Growth, particular, and general Ufes, 

 A 2 difFerent. 



