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Stances ; next, of the manner of Enclosing the Garden, and of 

 the Walls and other Fences applicable to the purpose. The Situ- 

 ation having been fixed on, the Soil prepared, the Form deter- 

 mined on, and the enclosures made, the next thing that will be 

 presented to the reader will be the manner of laying out the ground 

 within the enclosure, whether into plats, borders, or otherwise. 



3. The THIRD Chapter will form a sort of Episode, disconnected 

 with the general course of the work. It will treat of the managing 

 of Hot-beds and Green-houses : that is to say, it will treat of the 

 management of things which are to be produced by artificial heat ; 

 and that are cultivated by rules exclusively adapted to this species 

 of gardening. I shall not treat of Hot-houses ^ the management of 

 those being a science of itself, having nothing to do with gardening 

 in general, and of use to comparatively very few persons. My 

 object will be to make a book of general utility ; to do this, mo- 

 derate bulk and moderate price are requisites ; and, to have these, 

 the management of hot-houses must be necessarily excluded. 



4. The FOURTH Chapter will treat of Propagation and Culti- 

 vation in general. First, of the sort of the seed, and of the 

 methods of procuring true seed, and of ascertaining whether it be 

 sound: next, of the manner of harvesting and of preserving seeds : 

 next, of the manner of sowing seeds ; next, of transplanting plants : 

 next of the after cultivation, until the plant be fit for the uses for 

 which it is intended. 



5. After these general observations on propagation and culti- 

 vation, there will follow in Chapter V. a complete list, in alpha- 

 betical order, of all kitchen-garden plants, including pot-herbs, 

 with particular instructions relative to each plant ; so that these 

 instructions, together with the reader's previous knowledge re- 

 specting propagation and cultivation in general, will leave nothing 

 that will be unknown to him with regard to the kitchen-garden 

 plants and pot-herbs. 



6. Next in Chapter VI. will come the important subject of 

 Fruits. This Chapter will treat of the manner of propagating, 

 rearing up, planting, pruning, and cultivating fruit-trees ; whether 

 wall-trees, espaliers, or standards, and whether for the garden or 

 the orchard ; also of those plants of inferior size which bring us 

 gooseberries, currants, raspberries, and strawberries. After the 

 instructions which will be given under these heads, and which will 

 include observations on the diseases of fruit-trees, and on the 



