Co t$e IQemors of 

 WELTON MARKS MUNSON 



INSTRUCTOR IN HORTIOrLTUBE IN CORNILL UNI- 

 VERSITY, AND LATER PROFKSBOR IN 

 THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE 



TEACHER AND FRIEND, UNDER WHOM 

 THE AUTHOR RECEIVED HIS FIRST HOR- 

 TICULTURAL INSTRUCTION, AND WHOSE 

 INFLUENCE EXERCISED UNCONSCIOUSLY 

 THROUGH A BRIEF PERIOD HAS CON- 

 TRIBUTED GREATLY TO THE YEARS 



THAT HAVE FOLLOWED 

 THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED 



