TO T H E 
REA 
Friendly Reader, f 
1 Having feen divers Books pretending to the Art of 
Gardning and Planting y and ohferving the mojl of 
them very much to fall Jhort of- jure and particular 
Pules to the purpofey whereby a learner might benefit himfelf 
1 having aTallent to improve 5 I thought by this under¬ 
taking 1 might advance it , and breaking through the many 
difficulties that lay in my way y efpecially want of time ? be¬ 
ing always neceffitated through Labour and multiplicity of 
Bufinefsj together with the want of Learnings whereby fuch 
abujtnefs might be made more acceptable jor at leaf lefs con¬ 
temptible ) at lajl 1 arrived to what I here have prefented 
to your View j namely the three principal parts oj Garden¬ 
ings comprehending both Profit and Pie afure y that is to fay y 
the Art of Planting and Graftings &c. and raifing all forts 
of St ocks and Pruit-beanng Shrubs and Trees y with their 
SeafonSj Ordering and Husbandring from the firjl to the 
laji. Alfo the Art of' Kitchin-Gardmng y both for the 
raijmg oj all ufeful Sallots y Herbs and Roots y for the 
Kitchin y with their PreferVation and Husbandry fully fit 
down. And la fly y the ordering oj the Garden of Plea- 
fur e y with divers forms of Knots y Plat-forms y and Wil¬ 
der nefs-w or k-y the ordering of all forts of Flower s y 
alfo a little concerning Arbors and Hedges in Gardens y 
with 
