The Horticulturist

THE HORTICULTURIST;

OR,

AN ATTEMPT TO TEACH THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF

The Culture and Management

THE KITCHEN, FRUIT, AND FORCING GARDEN

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TH CE WHO HAVE HAD NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OR PRACTICE IN THESE
DEPARTMENTS OF GARDENING.

J. C. LOUDON, F.L.S., H.S., &c.,

AUTHOR OF "THE VILLA GARDENER," "THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF COTTAGE, FARM, AND
VILLA ARCHITECTURE," ETC. ETC.

ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD.

LONDON:

W. S. ORR & CO., AMEN CORNER, AND 147, STRAND,

MDCCCXLIX.

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PREFACE.

THE present work is the same as that published by Mr. Loudon, shortly before his death, under the name of The Suburban Horticulturist; the title having been changed under the impression that it was too limited for the scope of the work. He considered it, as he states in his original Preface, "as by far the best Treatise on the culture of the Fruit and Kitchen Garden" which had ever "been produced by his pen." He adds that he had "bestowed more than common care in compiling it;" and that in so doing he had "had the inestimable advantage of being assisted by Mr. Thompson, the superintendent of the fruit and culinary departments in the Horticultural Society's Garden," by whom the fruits and culinary vegetables have either been selected, or approved of.

Mr. Loudon also had the assistance of Mr. Ogle, gardener to the Earl of Abergavenny, at Eridge Castle, who prepared the Calendarial and General Indices; of the late Mr. Lymburn; and of several other practical gardeners. The important note at p. 706, on the subject of charcoal, and the use of rough, turfy, rooty soil, and on small stones in potting plants, was furnished by Mr. Barnes, gardener to Lady Rolle, at Bicton Gardens, for the Gardener's Magazine.

The companion volume, formerly published by Messrs. Longman and Co. as "The Suburban Gardener," is now being reprinted, uniform with the present work, and much improved, under the title of "THE VILLA GARDENER." This work embraces the whole subject of Villa and Suburban Gardens and pleasure grounds; garden structures (particularly of ornamental greenhouses, a number of designs for which have been made expressly for this edition); laying out flower gardens, and floriculture in general; and the two volumes will be found. to contain together a complete system of garden culture and arrangement.

In the present edition only such corrections and additions have been made as were absolutely necessary to bring the work

to the state of gardening knowledge at the present day.

BAYSWATER,

May 1, 1849.

J. W. L.

CONTENTS.

NAMES OF THE FRUITS AND CULINARY VEGETABLES CULTIVATED IN

BRITISH GARDENS, IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, &c.

LIST OF ENGRAVINGS

INTRODUCTION

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