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determining the most suitable crops for extended culture 

 in that county and the most suitable methods of culture 

 of those crops. His lectures throughout Cornwall have 

 already, though he has been but a few years in the 

 county, very considerably modified the gardening practice 

 both of private and market growers. 



As in the case of the cultural advice, so in that part 

 of the book which deals with the preparation of the 

 vegetables for the table, only such directions and recipes 

 are given as have borne the ordeal of careful experiment. 



The photographs used to illustrate the book have 

 been chosen more with a view to explanation of the 

 text than as beautiful pictures. In the case of the 

 decorative species of asparagus selected as subjects 

 for the camera, young specimens have been purposely 

 chosen as they show better the peculiar character of 

 the foliage than would the more densely packed branches 

 of older and more beautiful plants. For the courteous 

 loan of blocks showing the appearance of some of the 

 vegetables as sent to the market we are indebted to 

 Messrs Vilmorin-Andrieux of Paris, perhaps the greatest 

 seedsmen of the world, and to Messrs Bunyard of Maid- 

 stone, the well-known and excellent growers of fruit, 

 roses and vegetables. The editor also takes this oppor- 

 tunity of thanking those ever-courteous nurserymen, 

 Messrs Kelway, of Langport, for gifts of seeds and 

 roots, which will be of help in illustrating future 

 volumes in the series. 



