in his affte Mottion A PLAIN AND EASY June 24 7 185 INTRODUCTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF GARDENING, WITH HINTS ON FISH-PONDS, By CHARLES MARSHALL, VICAR OF BRIXWORTH, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a Garden, and indeed it is the purest of human THE FIFTH EDITION. PRINTED FOR F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON; J. WALKER; J. RICHARDSON By Law and Gilbert, St. John's Square, Clerkenwell. SE453 1813 PREFACE. THIS work having come to a fifth edition, evinces its favourable reception by the public; and though the author trusts it will continue to recommend itself to those who are acquainted with it, he thinks it is but doing himself justice, and may promote its more general adoption and usefulness, by republishing the following SANCTIONS, as they occurred on the first Edition; since which it has been considerably enlarged and improved. "The directions of this Manual appear to us to be distinctly and usefully given, and little as we are used to the practical part of the science, we have read the work with pleasure." man's Magazine, June, 1797. Gentle "This work is calculated for Gentlemen Gardeners, and we - altogether recommend it as convenient in size, and very judiciously arranged." British Critic, October, 1797. "This work is no compilation. The respectable author has given to the public, the result of his experience, delivered with that plainness and perspicuity, which cannot fail of rendering his work highly useful to every reader who shall consult it either for pleasure or instruction." Monthly Review, November, 1797. "A very extensive and useful performance, in which much information will be found, and the young Gardener will derive both pleasure and amusement from this compendious and cheap manual." European Magazine, June, 1798. "Mr. Marshall's observations on the modes of cultivating different articles, deserve the attention of the inexperienced Gardener." Critical Review, July, 1798. "This is one of the most complete works on the subject we remember to have seen; and is a work both from its nature and execution, which every country gentleman ought to have in his possession." Analytical Review, October, 1798. M362295 |