THE 



ENGLISH GARDENER. 



CHAPTER I. 



f)n the arrangement of 'the divers matters contained in the 

 subsequent Chapters, and on the method which ought to be 

 pursued in the studying of those matters. 



1. BEFORE we begin to study the contents of any book ; 

 that is to say, before we begin to endeavour to obtain a 

 thorough knowledge of those contents, we ought, if 

 possible, to get a clear and neat view of the outline of 

 those contents, and of the purposes to which they are 

 intended to become applicable. To insist, as some authors 

 have done, on the utility of a knowledge of the means to 

 obtain garden-plants, fruits, and flowers, would be use- 

 less. It is notorious that it is useful to have these things j 

 and, therefore, all that we have to do, is, to obtain a 

 knowledge of the means of obtaining them in the greatest 

 perfection, and with the least proportionate quantity of 



