m PREFACE, 



day making, from men and things, has, I 

 hope, made me in fome degree equal. 



By wav of Preface, or Introdiidion then, 

 to this ufefjl part of Card'ning, it is pro- 

 per I fliould acquaint the reader, that moft 

 of the following papers were obfervations 

 made by a young man, now Gardiner to 

 a Nobleman, and fent by him up to the 

 neat-houfe gardens for his improvement; 

 a copy of which I obtain'd from him, 

 which lav long bv me without any thoughts 

 of publidiing them, till I found that of the 

 Fruit Garden was fo well received ; at 

 which time alfo I was given to underftand 

 of what ufe this Second Part would be 

 to thofe that bought the Firft, which would 

 make it a perfed Syftem of DirectionSy in 

 xh^ Fruit dnd Kitchai Garden-, fo chain'd 

 together, that even the moft unknowing 

 and unwary might be inftruded in all the 

 parts of this very ufeful employ. 



For alrho' the ancients, as Cato, Varro^ 

 Colhmella^ and others, have long ago treat- 

 ed on this fubjed with great skill and ap- 

 plication, and which has been copied by 

 many authors of our own and other coun- 

 tries, intermix'd and fcatter'd up and down 

 as they are, amongft other writings on 

 Gardening, yet there are none (that I at 



