VI INTEODUCTION. 



succeeded in doing so, nor is it a matter of much conse- 

 quence, for what is suitable in the one case, can hardly 

 be injurious in the other; it is not to be presumed, how- 

 ever, that the same labor and care will be bestowed on 

 the preparation of the soil for the vineyard, that one 

 would give to the border for the grapery. 



The material of the former edition, which is simply 

 the details of my practice, is, in this, unchanged ; when 

 necessary, rather than alter the original, notes explana- 

 tory have been added. 



I will state here, as an explanation for any repetition, 

 pr for the want of more system in the arrangement of 

 the matter, that the work has been performed little by 

 little, as I could spare an hour from other labors ; and, 

 the present edition being an enlargement of the former, 

 the matter now added is introduced where it could best 

 be under these circumstances. 



Salem, Mass., January, 1853. 



