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DEDICATION. 



as You are) I could not^, without ex- 

 treme injuftice^ difpenfe with my 

 Telf without addreffing fome part of 

 my Labours on Gardening to You, 



You know (My Lord) how ma- 

 ny charms the lovely parts of Agri- 

 culture and Gardening afford to 

 thofe that purfue them with appli- 

 cation and attention ; in that they 

 afford us joys which arc altogether 

 pure;, and hopes as fweet as nmo- 

 c^nt. Nor will this part of it 

 (humble and mean as it is) be, 'tis 

 hoped, beneath Your Lordfliip's re- 

 gard, fince 'tis from This part of 

 Gardening that is produced all that 

 is genuine and good for the nou- 

 rifliment of mankind j the ufe of 

 plants being, through the whole 

 compafs of life, of that univerfal 

 importance and concern, that we 

 can neither live nor fiibfift with- 

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