. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. OASSELL'S Popular Gardening. jHE design of this work is, briefly, to bring a knowledge of the best gardening practice, and of the principles on which it is based, within easy reach of the people at large. It may be said that there is no lack of works on gardening already; and this is undoubtedly true. Some of these, however, are scarce ; others are expensive ; and most of them are now more or less superseded by the rapid advance made in the knowledge and practice of gardening within the last few Horticulture has, in fact, lately
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. OASSELL'S Popular Gardening. jHE design of this work is, briefly, to bring a knowledge of the best gardening practice, and of the principles on which it is based, within easy reach of the people at large. It may be said that there is no lack of works on gardening already; and this is undoubtedly true. Some of these, however, are scarce ; others are expensive ; and most of them are now more or less superseded by the rapid advance made in the knowledge and practice of gardening within the last few Horticulture has, in fact, lately advanced with such leaps and bounds thfit its literature has hardly kept pace with the im- provements made in its practice. It may also be not unfairly said that the majority of works on horticulture have been written for the few rather than for the many. For one interested in gardening ten years ago, however, a hundred or a thousand are interested to- day ; and this large public will, it is hoped, cordially welcome an attempt to place the knowledge and practice of the highest authorities within their reach. The rapid rise and progress of commercial horticulture, the demand for open spaces, the multiplication and improvement of public parks, the enormous imports of foreign fruit and vegetables, the marvellous increase in the home culture of flowers, fruit, and seeds;—all these things point to an unlimited extension of garden pursuits in the near future. Wlien the imperial importance of horticulture as a powerful factor in augmenting the food supplies, promoting the comfort, elevating the character, and improving the sani- tary state of the nation, becomes better known and more generally appreciated, few will rest content until they possess a garden of some sort. And few need any longer stand aside from the pursuit of horticulture, as too difficult or too costly for them. Thoroughly understood and properly practised, it is neither one nor the other; while no pursuit yields qui
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