J. IN THE WORK. 



houses, the management of those being a science of itself, 

 having nothing to do with gardening in general, and of 

 use to comparatively very few persons. My object will be 

 to make a book of general utility ; to do this, moderate 

 bulk and moderate price are requisites j and, to have 

 these, the management of hot-houses must be necessarily 

 excluded. 



4. The FOURTH Chapter will treat of Propagation and 

 Cultivation in general. First, of the sort of the seed, and 

 of the methods of procuring true seed, and of ascertain- 

 ing whether it be sound : next, of the manner of harvest- 

 ing and of preserving seeds : next, of the manner of 

 sowing seeds : next, of transplanting plants : next, of the 

 after cultivation, until the plant be fit for the uses for 

 which it is intended. 



5. After these general observations on propagation and 

 cultivation, there will follow, in Chapter V. a complete 

 list, in alphabetical order, of all kitchen-garden plants, 

 including pot-herbs, with particular instructions relative 

 to each plant j so that, these instructions, together with 

 the reader's previous knowledge respecting propagation 

 and cultivation in general, will leave nothing that will be 

 unknown to him with regard to the kitchen-garden plants 

 and pot-herbs. 



6. Next, in Chapter VI. will come the important sub- 

 ject of Fruits. This Chapter will treat of the manner of 

 propagating, rearing up, planting, pruning, and culti- 

 vating fruit-trees j whether wall-trees, espaliers, or 

 standards, and whether for the garden or the orchard j 



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