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PREFACE. 



The present work is the same as that published by 

 Mr. Loudon^ shortly before his death, under the name of 

 The Suburban Horticulturist; the title having been changed 

 under the impression that it was too limited for the scope of the 

 work. He considered it, as he states in his original Preface, 

 " as by far the best Treatise on the culture of the Fruit and 

 Kitchen Garden" which had ever ^^been produced by his 

 pen." He adds that he had "bestowed more than common 

 care in compiling it;" and that in so doing he had "had the 

 inestimable advantage of being assisted by Mr. Thompson, the 

 superintendent of the fruit and culinary departments in the 

 Horticultural Society's Garden," by whom the fruits and 

 culinary vegetables have either been selected, or approved of. 



Mr. Loudon also had the assistance of Mr. Ogle, gardener 

 to the Earl of Abergavenny, at Bridge Castle, who prepared 

 the Calendarial and General Indices; of the late Mr. Lymburn; 

 and of several other practical gardeners. The important note 

 at p. 706, on the subject of charcoal, and the use of rough, 

 turfy, rooty soil, and on small stones in potting plants, was 

 furnished by Mr, Barnes, gardener to Lady E/olle, at Bicton 

 Gardens, for the Gardener's Magazine. 



