INTRODUCTION. 



The increasing attention given to the cultivation of Flowers anc" 

 Plants, and the progress evinced in Esculent and Fruit culture, by every- 

 one who has a rod of ground, renders the demand for a few simple 

 obvious directions, such, as to warrant me in preparing the following 

 hints for the accommodation of my customers and those who may desire 

 to avail themselves of them. It is not my desire, in any way to con- 

 flict with the statements of others, or to controvert them, choosing 

 rather to state what I know, without reference to the opinions of those 

 who may find it their interest to differ with me. 1 rely on the expressed 

 confidence of those who have favored me with their patronage, and 

 hope not only to merit a continuance of the same, but to induce others 



to give me a trial. 



HENRY A. DEFER, 



327 Chestnut Street, PMlad'a. 



