Excerpt from Johnson's Gardener's Dictionary J ohnson's Cottage Gardener's Dictionary was first pub lished in 1846, and immediately took the position as the leading work on the subject. During the forty-eight years that have elapsed since that date the book has been issued in several forms and at various prices. N o thoroughly revised edition has, how ever, been published since 1863, though new supplements have twice been added. 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.