IN THE WORK. 



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manner of curing those diseases, and of protecting the trees 

 against the depredations of birds, vermin, and insects, will come 

 an alphabetical list of fruits, noticing, under each name, anything 

 peculiar and necessary to be known, respecting the management 

 of the tree or plant. 



7. The SEVENTH, and last Chapter, will treat of the formation 

 of Shrubberies and Flower-gardens ; will point out the proper 

 shrubs suited to the several possible situations, and the several 

 Flowers desirable to have as ornaments, together with the manner 

 of placing them in the shrubberies or flower-gardens. Under the 

 head of Shrubberies, there will be an alphabetical list of shrubs, 

 with instructions against each relative to its propagation, pruning 

 and cultivation. The same will follow in the case of Flower- 

 gardens ; so that here also, with the general instructions taken 

 into view, the reader will possess all the information necessary 

 relative to these matters. 



8. Having thus obtained a knowledge with respect to what is 

 to be done relative to every plant and tree known in the gardens, 

 the work will conclude with the Kalendar, described in the title- 

 page ; a veiy convenient thing, even for gardeners themselves ; 

 and much more convenient for those whose pursuits in life neces- 

 sarily render it impossible that the garden should be an object 

 of their constant attention. Something depends upon the situa- 

 tion, and a^so upon the nature of the ground ; for, in some 

 ground, you may safely sow a fortnight earlier; and, in other 

 ground, a fortnight later, than the fit season for sowing in the 

 general run of ground. Nevertheless, this Kalendar is of great 

 use in all cases ; because without it, many pieces of necessary work 

 would be wholly omitted. The performance of them w^ould be put 

 off to a season so late, that to perform them would be of no use 

 at all. 



9. In the writing of this book, I shall proceed upon the prin- 

 ciple, or, rather, the admitted assumption, that the reader is 

 wholly unacquainted with all the matters of which it will treat. 

 On the same principle I have proceeded in my three grammars ; 

 in my Cottage Economy ; in my Woodlands ; and in every work 

 in which I have attempted to teach anything. Experience has 

 taught me the necessity of proceeding in this v, ay ; for, when I 

 have had to apply to books to be my teachers, I have invariably 

 found that the authors proceed upon the notion that the reader 



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