INTRODUCTION. 
When I married Mr. Loudon, it is scarcely 
possible to imagine any person more com¬ 
pletely ignorant than I was, of every thing 
relating to plants and gardening; and, as may 
be easily imagined, I found every one about 
me so well acquainted with the subject, 
that I was soon heartily ashamed of my ig¬ 
norance. My husband, of course, was quite 
as anxious to teach me as I was to learn, and 
it is the result of his instructions, that I now 
(after ten years experience of their efficacy) 
wish to make public for the benefit of 
others. 
I do this, because I think books intended 
