PREFATORY VIEW. Vll 



The Culinary Garden, as being the most 

 important branch, takes ' preference of the 

 others. The Kalendar, in this division, is 

 preceded by a dissertation on Situations for 

 Kitchen Gardens ; on Soils, and the various 

 methods of improving them ; on Manures, 

 and their application; and on the Kotation 

 of Crops. These important matters I endea- 

 vour to discuss in a short and perspicuous 

 manner ; and in the Kalendar, to exhibit the 

 newest and most approved methods of culti- 

 vating and bringing to early perfection, all 

 kinds of Culinary Vegetables, Sallads, and 

 Herbs ; and of storing and preserving them 

 for winter use. 



In the Fruit Garden, the Kalendar is pre- 

 ceded by observations on the construction of 

 Garden- Walls ; the formation and Improve- 

 ment of Fruit-borders ; on Situations and Soils 

 for Orchards ; the proper kinds, with de- 

 scriptions, of Fruits for Walls, Espaliers, 

 and Orchards, and the aspects in which they 

 .should be planted ; and on the proper kinds, 



