INTRODUCTION. 



I have endeavored in writing " Gardening for Pleasure/' 

 to divest it, as far as I was competent to do so, of the 

 technical terms and phrases which professional gar- 

 deners use in writing or talking on matters relating to 

 horticulture ; and to use the plainest language at my 

 command in describing the simplest methods of culture. 

 Whether I have succeeded in making the subject as clear 

 as I have desired to do, those who read the work must 

 decide. 



My aim in writing the book was to make it such as 

 would be useful to the occupant of a city lot, or to the 

 possessor of a few window plants, as well as to the owner 

 of a country residence that is fully appointed in all mat- 

 ters relating to the cultivation of flowers, fruits, and 

 vegetables. The necessity for such a book has been made 

 evident to me by the inquiries from hundreds of ama- 

 teurs in gardening ; inquiries to many of which neither 

 of my previous works, ("Gardening for Profit," or 

 "Practical Floriculture,") furnished proper replies ; the 

 one being written mainly for information of the vegetable 

 market gardener, and the other for the commercial florist. 



PETER HENDERSON. 



Jersey City, N. J., Oct., 1875. 



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