x PREFACE. 
their day even in England, and es passed on to their 
rejected lists, 
This work is preéminently suggestive. The reader will 
be surprised at the amount of valuable thought and accu- 
rate information herein embodied. We are not acquainted 
with any similar work in our country which extends over 
so wide a range of fruits, vegetables and flowers. True, 
many things are referred to briefly and yet distinctly. 
The work is quite full and complete on the subject of. 
‘Hot and forcing Houses; their construction, heating by 
Steam, Hot water, &c.; the cultivation in them of the 
Grape, the Peach, Fig, Pine Apple, &c. 
The illustrations of the work are worthy of particular 
notice on account of their preat accuracy and beauty, and 
the farmer, the gardener, the fruit-grower, or the amateur, 
will find it when carefully studied, a very useful and 
acceptable help, and prove worthy of extensive circulation. 
New York, 1855. 
