viii PREFACE. 



denizens in Engla77d^ bei?^gfo far natu- 

 ralized^ as to thrive in the open air 

 without jhelter^ a77d thereby afford much 

 greater pleafure^ hecaufe they approach 

 7iearer to their natural beauty. And by 

 snaking trials with ma?iy of thofe pla?2ts 

 which were formerly nurfed up in green- 

 houfesj and treated with great tender- 

 nefs^ they have been found to thrive a?id 

 flower much better whe?t planted in the 

 full grou77d^ and treated with lefs de- 

 licacy. 



'Thefe new difcoveries which are an?7U- 

 ally 7nade iii the differ e77t parts of Gar- 

 deni77g^ occafon a neceffity for altera- 

 tio77S a77d additio7is to he 7?iade^f7^07n time 

 to time^ in the booh which are written 

 7ipo?i this fubjecl ; therefore the author 

 hopes ^ that what he has done of this na- 

 ture^ in the late editions of his wo7^h^ 

 will 720t be ifiterpreted^ as if done with a 

 defg7i to depreciate thefonner ifnprefftons^ 

 or to e7iha77ce the J ale of the book^ both 

 which are far from his i72tention : but 

 here he ca7mot helpjobfe?'vi?ig^ that the de- 

 mand 



