PREFACE.- 



THIS work having come to a fourth edition in a few years, 

 evinces its favourable reception by the public ; and though 

 the author trufts it will continue to recommend itfelf to 

 thofe who are acquainted with it, he thinks it is but doing 

 himfelf juftice, and may promote the fale of the book, by 

 republifhing the following sanctions as they occurred. 



- The directions of this Manual appear to us to he diftin&ly and 

 ufefully given, and little as we are ufed to the practical part of the 

 fcience, we have read the work with pleafure." Gentleman's Maga- 

 zine, June, 1797. 



« This work is calculated for Gentlemen Gardeners, and we alto- 

 gether recommend it as convenient in fize, and very judicioufty ar- 

 ranged." Briti/h Critic, October, 1797. 



« This work is no compilation. The refpectable author has given to 

 the public, the refult of his experience, delivered with that plainneis 

 and perfpicuity, which cannot fail of rendering his work highly ufeful 

 to every reader who mail confult it either for pleafure or inltruclion." 

 Monthly Review, November, 1797. 



" A very extenlive and ufeful performance, in which much informa- 

 tion will be found, and the young Gardener will clerive both pleafure 

 and amufement from this compendious and cheap manual." European 

 Magazine, June, 1798. 



" Mr. Marfliall's obfervations on the modes of cultivating different 

 articles, deferve the attention of the inexperienced Gardener." Critical 

 Review, July, 1798. 



" This is one of the mcft complete works on the fubjecl; we remember 

 to have feen ; and is a work both from its nature and execution, which 

 every country gentleman ought to have in his poffeffion." Analytical 

 Meview, October, 1798, 



