Excerpt from A Guide to the Orchard and Fruit Garden: Or an Account of the Most Valuable Fruits Cultivated in Great Britain A new edition of the Guide to the Orchard being called for, it may be proper, in this place, to make a few remarks upon the design of its original publication, and the object steadily kept in view throughout these pages. The work of Mr. Lindley was chosen for the basis and model of our undertaking, not because of any supposed inability to prepare an entirely original volume, for having pursued the business of a nurseryman in this city, with special attention to the cultivation of Fruit Trees, for the last forty years, and having been acquainted with the best European gardens and nurseries, the author had on hand an ample amount of material suitable for that purpose. Nor were we ignorant of the fact that publications of a similar character are numerous, both in this country and in Europe; and since the issuing of our first edition in 1833, in the United States especially, volume after volume has been issued from the press; each professing to be an improvement on all others, and claiming attention on the assumed ground of superiority to its predecessors. But, alas, for the state of horticultural, and, more especially, of pomological knowledge among us, if these jejune productions, with their multiplied inaccuracies and unphilosophical arrangements and classifications, are to be taken as its correct index. At one time we have the bold plagiarist, forgetful of his inverted commas, appropriating to himself the labors of another, and, like the ass in the lion's skin, betraying himself the moment his own voice is heard; and, anon, the catalogue compiler assumes the title of author, and after ransacking creation and his own ingenuity parades before the public, with a sounding title, a volume of words - words - words. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.