Self-Instruction for Young Gardeners, Foresters, Bailiffs, Land-Stewards, and Farmers: In Arithmetic and Book-Keeping, Geometry, Mensuration, and ... Land-Surveying, Levelling, Planning, And, Ma

Excerpt from Self-Instruction for Young Gardeners, Foresters, Bailiffs, Land-Stewards, and Farmers: In Arithmetic and Book-Keeping, Geometry, Mensuration, and Practical Trigonometry, Mechanics, Hydrostatics, and Hydraulics, Land-Surveying, Levelling, Planning, And, Mapping, Architectural Drawing, and Isometrical Projection and Perspective; With Examples

The first idea of the present work was originated by Mr. Osborn of the Fulham Nursery, who, having for several years had numerous young men under his superintendence, perceived how much a book of the kind was wanted; and Mr. Loudon, always eager to adopt any plan that seemed likely to improve young gardeners, was so much pleased with his suggestions that he readily undertook it, making great additions and improvements in the original plan: and, had he lived a little longer, he would have made it still more complete; as he intended to include instructions in drawing landscapes, trees, flowers, &c, sketching from life, and colouring, together with the art of imitating flowers and fruits in wax, and many other similar acquirements, which are all more or less useful to a young gardener, and at the same time adapted to relieve his severer studies.

For several months after Mr. Loudon's death I could not summon courage to look at the manuscript of this work, it was so associated with the idea of his sufferings; at length, however, our kind friend Mr. Paxton, after exerting himself most warmly in our behalf, urged me to publish it; adding, what is certainly the fact, that it may be considered as my poor husbands last legacy to gardeners.

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