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The P k E F A C B. 



In all which I have chdeavoUr'd to pro- 

 ceed with all the mech6d and clearnefs I 

 am mafter of; (o that I hope I have made 

 my felf intelligible to the meaneft of itiy 

 readers, having ftudied plainneifs of ftile in 

 all the rules I have laid down, rather than 

 the putting it into any artificial drefi ; and 

 if the homelinefi of the language, and 

 manner of didion be not fo florid as in o- 

 thers, it will, I hope, meet wath fome ex- 

 cufe from all fincere and caildid readers, 

 who confider how diladvantageoufly one of 

 my profeflion muft appear in this point ; 

 and fufficiently anfwer the ends I have aim- 

 ed at in the publication of this treatife ; I 

 mean the gratification of the defires of the 

 kboiious and good-natur'd, and the making 

 it as ufefiil as I can for the entertainment 

 and (atisfadion of a very curious and indus- 

 trious age. 



But to conclude, I might farther recom- 

 mend the ufefiilnefs and diverfion that this 

 point of Gardening affords, previous to 

 any other, and how much greater in efteem 

 the produce of the Olitory or Kitchen- 

 Garden has been heretofore, in comparifon 

 of butcher'd animals, and the fwifr pro- 

 duce of the river and field ; but as this is 

 4one in a very elaborate manner by Mr. 



