PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION. 



The revised edition of Gardening for the South was 

 mainly prepared by our lamented friend, W. N". White, 

 the author of the first edition, whose sudden death left 

 the work in an incomplete state. At his special request, 

 made while on his death-bed, we have undertaken to finish 

 the work begun by him, to the best of our ability, and 

 while we do so, we ask the indulgence of the reader to 

 pass over and forgive any imperfections he may detect, 

 for we feel conscious of our inability to present to the pub- 

 lic as perfect and interesting a work as would have been 

 done had the author been permitted to have finished it. 



The necessity for a new and revised edition must be 

 apparent to every reader, as the former edition was pub- 

 lished in 1856 ; since which time the discoveries, improve- 

 ments, and progress in Agriculture and Horticulture have 

 been very great. 



Ten years' additional experience in Agriculture and Hor- 

 ticulture, by the talented author of the first edition, is our 

 warrant for recommending the present work to the favor 

 of the public, as few men were more ardently devoted to 

 the culture of the soil than he was. 



Should opinions and facts be found stated in the present 

 work at variance with those in the former edition, it will 

 be attributed to the experience alluded to above, for with 

 him it was always a pleasure to acknowledge an error 

 when it was found to be such. Many and valuable ad- 

 ditions have been made to all the departments, and more 

 particularly to the lists of varieties, both of vegetables 

 and fruits, together with the improved methods of culti- 

 vation, as the object of the author was to present to the 

 public a practical work adapted to the soil and climate of 

 the Southern States. 



J. VAN BILKED, 

 DK. JAS. CAMAK, 

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