INTRODUCTION, 



XI 



because this frequently expedites or retards 

 the operations of the gardener, and on it de- 

 pends the time of growth and period of matu- 

 ration of all garden crops. It is from nume- 

 rous memoranda of this kind, made in early 

 youth, that the Author has been enabled in his 

 riper years to arrive at sound conclusions, and 

 in his old age to offer them as a bequest to 

 those who succeed, when he shall be no 

 more." 



J. R. 



Southampton Nursery, 

 October, 1834. 



