Excerpt from The Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener, and Country Gentlemen, Vol. 3: A Journal of Horticulture, Rural and Domestic Economy, Botany and Natural History WE know of one who would not have on the parlour chimney-shelf a dial with a second's hand, because it made him see and feel how life lessens, as it were, drop by drop. What he would have said, or how he would have felt, if he had to write these Prefaces surpasses our power of surmise, for they at once tell of six months gone - and how quickly gone! But no such weight has been upon us: no day has been long enough or slow enough - each day's evening seemed to arrive before its morning had passed into noontide. Grateful are we to record that truth, for miserable is he over whom time passes on heavily. 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.