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PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION.
among the highest ranks. It is to be hoped, that the dissemination in this country of works like the present volume, may increase, among our own fair countrywomen, the taste for these delightful occupations in the open air, which are so conducive to their own health, and to the beauty and interest of our homes.
In this volume all that portion of the "Gardening for Ladies" relating to the kitchen garden, with some other matters treated of a second time in the "Companion," has been omitted, as not likely to be of much value here. A number of notes have been added to the "Companion," which appeared to be rendered necessary by differences resulting from our climate, &c. These notes are distinguished by brackets, and by the letters Er.
