PREFATORY VIEW. 



The usual manner in which Kalendars have 

 hitherto been drawn upon, is deviated from 

 in this Work. The various branches of gar- 

 dening, in all that have as yet appeared, are 

 not separated, but carried, together, through 

 the whole month and year ; nor have I ob- 

 served, in any of them, such a thing as an 

 alphabetical arrangement of the plants treat- 

 ed of, in any department of the garden ; or 

 that in any department (as for instance, the 

 Kitchen Garden), the different articles have 

 been classed ; which, of course, occasions con- 

 siderable perplexity. 



In order to obviate . these defects, and to 

 simplify the book, I have divided it into di- 

 stinct Gardens ; in each ( of which the articles 

 are classed, and alphabetically arranged, at 

 least as far as the nature of the thing will ad- 

 mit. To each of these Gardens, too, are pre- 

 fixed an Introduction, and preliminary sec- 

 tions on various important subjects, immedi- 

 ately connected with them ; which, it is pre- 

 sumed, will have the effect of rendering the 

 work still more clear and distinct. 



