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PREFACE. 
F ROM Adam downwards, in the stream of time, have the 
utility and pleasures of gardening occupied the attention of man- 
kind ; and both the science and art which it combines, have 
been progressive, unless interfered with by the downfal of 
nations. In our own day this rapidity of progression has sur- 
passed that of every age of which we have any record ; aided 
by means which peculiarly characterize the present age — Exhi- 
bitions of garden produce, and periodical literature. We have, 
gladly, in our own periodical, as far as our own feeble powers 
admit, endeavoured to assist this advancement. Its sphere of 
information has been extended, and addition after addition has 
been made, to compass all that seemed important to the culti- 
vator of a garden. Thus, year after year, it is earnestly hoped, 
its value has increased. 
