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been recently practised with complete effect by an excellent 

 gardener at Woodhall. 



Ablaqueation, or laying bare the roots of trees, is a species 

 of cultivation nearly allied to pruning, and has the same ten- 

 dency as the practice above mentioned*. I pass over many 

 important particulars in this department of cultivation, and 

 omit some branches altogether. 



CHAPTER II, 



i 



OF THE CULTURE OF HERBACEOUS VEGETABLES. 



These may be divided into three classes, viz. 1. The annual 

 or biennial; 2. The perennial; and, 3. Salads and pot-herbs. 

 The first class occupies the chief part of a garden ; the two 

 others occupy comparatively little space. To enlarge on the 

 modes of culture applicable to the individuals of each class 

 would in this place be improper, and indeed useless in a work 

 of this nature, where only such hints are offered as may be in- 



* See Miller's Dictionary, Evelyn's Kalendarium Horten&e, &c~ 



