PREFACE 
^ PRINCIPAL subject, to which allusion should here be 
made, is the addition, to the present volume, of a new and 
prominent feature, one which has opened a wide field of 
interest to a numerous class of garden cultivators, and to 
ourselves also. The cultivation of Fruits, in small gar- 
dens, especially Apples and Pears, had previously been 
little thought of. The cause is evident. All had been 
accustomed to look to the orchard as their only source; 
and it had not occurred to the minds of the majority of 
persons, that smaller trees, yielding superior produce, were 
easy of attainment, and especially suited to the gardens of 
amateur florists. Now, however, an interest has been 
raised, and we can but feel somewhat flattered that our 
exertions in calling attention to the culture of these fruits 
have already been so extensively suecessful. 
To have increased the gratification of many hundred 
readers, is of itself productive of no mean satisfaction; there 
is, however, connected herewith, a subject which calls for 
especial remark, that is, the advantage of making known 
such new seedling fruits as happen to have been propagated 
