TO THE 

 KEADEES AND CONTRIBUTORS 



OF THE 



'GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 



OF SOME SCATTERED ESSAYS OF PAST YEAES 



BASED ON THE HOPB AND BELIEF 



NOT UNCONFIBMED AT THEIR HANDS 



THAT AGBICULTUBAL THOUGHT MAY BE CANDID 



AND EVEN ' SPECULATIVE ' 



YET HUSBANDRY NOT THE LESS PRACTICAL 

 IS FINALLY INSCRIBED BY 



THE AUTHOR 



Svolv poppy pia ' 



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