C H A p. I of Gardening. % 



But fuppofing Bufmefs, or fome Publick EmplQymenf,. 

 fliould not permit our Gentleman to apply lumfelf to plant 

 and raife his own Garden, the Peruial ot tfe? Work caij- 

 not, however, but be of great Ufe to him; he may be af- 

 fured that in following the Precepts it contains he w41 

 Bot be liable to be impofcd upon, when he is to deal with 

 bis Workmen about any thing he defigns to execute.. 

 The Gardener will be better kept to his Duty, ^yho 

 Inows his Mafter is no Stranger to his Art^ whereas, when 

 thefe Men have a Mafter ignorant and unacquainted even 

 with the Terms of Gardening, they make no Scruple to 

 put upon him, but will pretend to take him up and iome- 

 ■times to laugh at his Demands. Add to this, that a Garden fyfeUx,ge^ 

 is^l^ays biter for being under the Eye of a Mafter that has ^;)-^^— • 

 fome Skill in it himfelf. . dh, non doceu 



Now tho' what I here propofe for the Inftruftion of a Columella,. 

 Private Gentleman, be Part of my Defigni yet I reckon this 

 Work will be no lefs ferviceable to Gardeners and Country- 

 men ^ who, for the moft part, are got into a bad Way, and 

 Jiave but a very ill Tafte in Defigns of Gardening : This 

 Treatife will likewife ferve for a complete Inftruftion tO' 

 vounff Gardeners, to confirm thofe that are not altogethej: 

 -Novices, in what good Things they know, and to illuftrate, 

 and give Light to many other Matters. _ _ 



'Tis on?his Account I have been induced to write for- 

 every one, and to make ufe of a plain and homely Style,., 

 fuitable to the Subjeft and the Capacity of Gardeners, .agr- 

 cording to tliat Precept of Uorace, , 

 Ornari res if [a negat, contenta docen. 

 I H A V E but one Word more to fay, and that concerns the 

 Divifion of this Treatife, whole Titles are to be found m . the. 

 foregoing Table of Chapters. . . 



This Work is divided into Two Parts, which contain, iii, 



ill Eighteen Chapters. ^ ^ , . 



In the Firft Part, is taught all the 7^f^^r^^)/G^ri^^^^^^^ it 



being neceflary,. as -every one knows, to learn the Theory 



before the Practice, which is no more than the Sequel and 



Execution of the Confequences and Certainties drawn h-om. 



the former. This Theory is SU'd with general Rules con- 



