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likely his plantation fhould floiirifh 5 /not 

 can any gentleman that has not been us*d 

 to works of this kind, really judge when 

 his fervant does right or wrong 5 or at lead 

 wliether he takes all thofe preliminary 

 lieps that are proper towards the attain- 

 ment of that end, which after great ex- 

 pence he expeds : For it is no incon» 

 fiderable thing to undsrftand certainly, 

 (which will be thefubjed of this and the 

 following Chapter) not only what provi- 

 fions a kitchen garden well maintain'd 

 and order'd may furnifli us with in every 

 feafon of the year; but likewifc what 

 works, (as well as the feafons of fowing) 

 are to be done by an able induftrious gaf- 

 dincr : But yet (I fay) all this is not e- 

 nough to make a gentleman fo knowing, 

 as to be able to give himfelf the pleafure 

 of judging certainly, by viewing of his 

 garden, whether his fervant proceeds as 

 he ought, or whether it be indeed well 

 ftockM or no, as to want nothing it ought 

 to have. Tho' in fine, (how careful foever 

 a fervant is) we muft not exped always to 

 find in it all the advantages we arc behold- 

 ing to gardiners for 5 we know indeed, 

 that it fhall bring forth provifion for the 

 whole year ; but we know very well too, 



that 



