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Botanic Garden of Harvard University ; also for assist- 

 ance from Dr. C. G. Hopkins, Professor of Agronomy, Uni- 

 versity of Illinois ; Dr. W. J. V. Osterhout, Professor of 

 Botany, and B. M. Watson, Instructor in Horticulture, both 

 of Harvard University ; and Joseph N. Campbell, a practical 

 gardener at S anger, California. 



Among the books that have been useful to the author in 

 his garden work are the following : " The Home Vegetable 

 Garden," Rockwell ; " The Woman's Hardy Garden," Ely ; 

 " Garden-Making " and " The Vegetable Garden," Bailey ; 

 " Experiments with Plants," Osterhout ; " How to make 

 School Gardens," Hemenway ; " Soil Fertility and Permanent 

 Agriculture," Hopkins ; " How to plan the Home Grounds," 

 Parsons ; " Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden," F. Schuyler 

 Mathews ; " Garden Guide," Henderson ; " How to grow 

 Vegetables," French ; " Trees, Shrubs, Vines, and Herbaceous 

 Perennials," Kirkegaard ; " New Manual of Botany," Gray ; 

 also numerous state and national government bulletins. 



Suggestions from teachers and gardeners toward the im- 

 provement of subsequent editions are cordially invited. 



W. H. D. MEIER 



