V 
THE AMATEUR’S 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
INTRODUCTION. 
“ Here grow the humble cives ; and hard by them, 
The tall leek, tapering with its rushy stem ; 
High climbs his pulse in many an even row, 
Deep strike the ponderous roots in soil below, 
And herbs of potent smell and pungent taste, 
Give a warm relish to the night’s repast. 
Apples and cherries grafted by his hand, 
And clustered nuts for neighbouring market stand/ 7 
Crabbe. Parish Register . 
S HE subjects treated of in this volume might reasonably 
occupy much more than the space assigned them. But 
the convenience of the amateur gardener will probably 
be best consulted by presenting him, in one handy volume, as 
complete a treatise on the cultivation of vegetables and fruits 
as the space at command will allow. What may be lost by 
the adoption of a somewhat rough and ready mode of procedure, 
in place of the elaboration proper to a larger and more costly 
work, will be more than made up, it is hoped, by the useful- 
ness to many of sound advice, conveyed, in the fewest possible 
words, on a department of gardening which ministers imme- 
diately and immensely to the comfort of home, as well as to 
individual health and enjoyment. What is known as the 
“kitchen garden” would greatly outgrow the limits of such a 
humble tome as this, if any approach to the “ exhaustive ” 
method were attempted ; and as for the fruit garden, any 
number of volumes of any size might be filled with discourses 
on its occupants. But those who are well able to judge say, 
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