Cornell University, Ithaca, May lo, 1897. 

 Honorable Commissioner of Agriculture, Albany, 



Sir : — The following bulletin from the Horticultural Divison 

 is a part of the work which was planned under the Nixon Bill 

 for last year. For two or three years considerable work has been 

 done by this station in floriculture, with the object of helping 

 both florists and flower-lovers everywhere. The bulletins 

 have awakened much interest and have, undoubtedly, done much 

 good in calling attention to a branch of agriculture which has 

 heretofore received little consideration from the public institu- 

 tions of the country. The work has been done with the greatest 

 care and deliberation, and the bulletin is submitted for publica- 

 tion under Chapter 128 of the laws of 1897. 



I. P. Roberts, Director. 



