PREFACE. ix 



mafjd for this book has been fo great ^ as 

 to tempt feme of the Bookfellers to endea- 

 vour to impcfe on the publick^ by emploj- 

 ing their hackney fcrtbblers^ to purloin 

 fro7n this^ and the author s larger work^ 

 materials for booh on the fame fubjcEi. 

 How 'well thefe have been executed^ thofe 

 who are the beft acquainted with the fub- 

 jeci^ are the mofi capable judges. But if 

 we may prefume to guefs at the receptio?i 

 which theje books have ?net with fro7n the 

 publick^ by the demand there is for them^ 

 we may conclude^ that neither of thofe 

 performances will ever come to another 

 editio7i. 



In a work of this nature^ which is de- 

 fgned only to inflruB the praBitiG?ier 

 at what times of the year each zvork is 

 to be perfor7ned^ it can?20t be expe&ed^ 

 that the ma7iner of doing thofe works ca7i 

 be here i?ferted^ as that would fwell the 

 book greatly beyo77d the li}7iited fize^ and 

 re7ider it lefs poj'table ; and as i7i the 

 Gardeners DiEiionary^ there are ample 

 i?ifl7^u8lions for the raifrng and manage- 

 7 ment 



