TREATISE OF HUSBANDRY and GARDENING; SYSTEM of VEGETATION: Illuftrated with many OBSERVATIONS and EXPERIMENTS. In FOUR PARTS. Part I. Concerning the Im- | Part III. Of the Management dener, wherein is demon- ichard of Fruit Trees, with par- Adorn'd with CUTS. By R. BRADLEY, Profeffor of Botany in the VOL. I. LONDON: Printed for T. WOODWARD, at the Half-Moon over ΤΟ The Right Honourable the One of His MAJESTY'S State. MY LORD, HE favourable Reception which fome of my former Works have met with, and the Encouragement I have had to A 2 purfue 249122 purfue my Studies in the useful Parts of natural History, has prompted me to undertake the Task which I now venture to lay before your Lordship. The Improvement of Land, and the Study of Agriculture, have greatly contributed to render our Nation famous above all other Countries; but whether that is owing more to the natural Industry of our People in general, or to the good Reafoning of particular Perfons, is doubtful: If it proceeds from the former, there is room enough to hope for its Advancement by the latter; or if this useful Art has has made its Way thus far by the Labours of Experimental Philofophers, 'tis Encouragement enough for them to continue thofe Studies, fince we neither want People nor Industry to bring their Defigns into Practice. But as every Art, however extensive or useful, demands the Protection of the Great, to make it circulate in the Minds of the Publick, fo I am confident there is no furer Way of recommending these Papers to the World, than by introducing them under the Patronage of your Lordship, whofe extenfive Genius, wife Conduct, and Love for his Country, A 3 |