[A] Published 1770-71.
[B] Johnson enumerates fifteen.
[C] Many of the bibliographers, even, have omitted mention of it.
[D] Of which the first book was published in 1772. This author is to be
distinguished from George Mason, who in 1768 published "An Essay on
Design in Gardening."
[E] Lettre XI Liv. IV. _Nouvelle Héloise._
[F] First published in 1766.
[G] Citing, in confirmation, that passage commencing,--"_Nunc dicam agri
quibus rebus colantur_," etc.
[H] Pp. 177-179, edition of 1802, Edinburgh.
[I] Pp. 166, 167.
[J] See Article of Philip Pussy, M.P., in _Transactions of the Royal
Society_, Vol. XIV.
[K] First published in 1724.
[L] I find him named, in Dodsley's "Annual Register" for 1771, "Keeper
of His Majesty's Private Roads."
[M] Loudon makes an error in giving 1780 as the year of his death.
[N] Presented to William Pitt, 1795.
[O] At that day, horse-hoeing, at regular intervals, was understood to
form part of what was counted drill-culture.
[P] Returns incomplete.
[Q] In the Quarterly Tables of Mr. Hamilton's office, as quoted by
Professor Chace, the maximum yield at Wine Harbor during the month of
September, 1863, reached the almost incredible figure of _sixty-six_
ounces to the ton.