IV 
PKEFACE. 
the productions 01" a well cultivated Garden, are too evi- 
ilent to need any remarks by way of illustration. The 
health they afford to the family, not only in the luxuries 
which they furnish for the table ; but in the exercise, 
amusement, and enjoyment they impart in their cultiva- 
tion, exceed all description : in fact, the fruits and vege- 
tables of a garden are the life of a fiihily, upon every 
principle of enjoyment and economy. 1 have wholly omit- 
ted all remarks upon the flower-garden, and confln'ed my- 
self to the plain and useful remarks of the sauce or kitch- 
en-garden, with a few hints upon garden-fruits generally. 
