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INTRODUCTION. 
Tue art and craft of gardening is unquestionably the oldest 
of all human occupations. Holy Writ tells us that when the 
Great Architect of the universe created Adam, the progenitor 
of our race, He placed him in that delightful earthly paradise, 
the Garden of Eden, to dress and to keep it. We, therefore, 
who have adopted the noble profession as a means of existence 
have every reason to feel justly proud of belonging to so 
ancient and honourable a craft, while those who have adopted 
other professions, and who practise the art and craft as 
a recreative pursuit, cannot but share a similarly grateful 
appreciation of its virtues. 
PRIMEVAL GARDENERS AND GARDENS. 
In the long vista of time that has passed since the first 
grand old gardener practised the art, first for pleasure, and 
afterwards as a means of subsistence, gardening has never 
failed to have a magic fascination for rich.and poor of all 
ages. Noah, we are told, experienced delight in cultivating 
the vine ; Jacob in growing the vine, fig, and almond ; Solomon 
in making gardens, orchards, and vineyards; and the ancient 
Egyptians, Assyrians, Chinese, Greeks, and Romans, in the 
fashioning of gardens, or the cultivation of fruits and vege- 
tables. In fact, throughout all ages and all time, the noble 
art and craft has ever been a popular and fascinating pur- 
suit. 
King Solomon must have been an enthusiastic amateur 
gardener, since he tells us in Ecclesiastes that, “I planted me 
vineyards : I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted 
trees in them of all kind of fruits: I made me pools of water, 
to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees.” 
The gardens of that period were enclosed by walls 
or thick hedges te -protect the crops from prowling 
