THE 



CULINARY GARDEN. 



INTRODUCTION. 



THE cultivation of culinary vegetables is certainly 

 the most important branch of gardening. It occu- 

 pies the attention of a large proportion of the com- 

 munity, of the fruits of whose labours all daily par- 

 take. To the palace, and to the humble shepherd's 

 cot, the kitchen-garden is a necessary appendage. 

 Every city is surrounded by culinary gardens, whose 

 productions are matter of very considerable interest 

 to the inhabitants. 



In beholding a well cultivated garden, every one 

 is capable of feeling a certain degree of pleasure* 

 Those indifferent feel satisfied, without perhaps per- 

 ceiving the reason why. The lover of horticulture 

 is delighted, be the work his own, or that of another. 

 The advantages to the proprietor are great : if it be 

 a public garden, to the community they are consi- 

 derable. The labours of the industrious man yield 

 peace ; of the scientifically industrious man, wealth. 



