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observation : a misfortune which may be attributed to the fre- 

 quency of change in this class of servants. A gardener capa- 

 ble of doing his duty properly should be well versed in his 

 profession, docile, and intelligent. He should have under him 

 three sub-foremen ; one for the culinary vegetables, another for 

 the fruits and orchard, and a third for the hothouses and hotbeds. 

 He should have occasional opportunities of seeing other gar- 

 dens, that by viewing and comparing the practices of others, he 

 may improve his own, and thus become emulous, industrious, 

 and of increasing service to his employer. 



2. The farm, pasture, and live stock. — The duties of 

 a bailiff, or gentleman s farmer, may be divided similarly to 

 those of a kitchen gardener ; viz. to provide the necessaries 

 which constitute the utility of his province ; to make this pro- 

 vince agreeable to the view and examination of his proprietor, 

 according to its capacity of producing beauty, and the nature 

 of the pleasures which it is calculated to raise ; and to renew or 

 preserve it when decay, accident, change of taste, profit, or 

 other circumstances dictate. His duties are less intricate than 

 those of the gardener, but more important. 



1. He must provide every requisite variety, and the proper 

 quantity of farm produce, whether grain, legumes, roots, her- 

 bage, &c. or cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, &c. 



