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and the authors wish to express their appreciation of the aid 

 given them, particularly by Mr. E. H. Moore, Arboricul- 

 turist in the Brooklyn Department of Parks ; Mr. Colling- 

 wood of the Rural New Yorker and Mr. George T. Powell ; 

 and to thank Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wright, and also Mr. 

 Joseph Morwitz, for many valuable suggestions; also all 

 those from whom we have quoted directly or in substance. 



We have endeavored in the text to give full acknowledg- 

 ment to all, but in some cases it has been impossible to credit 

 to the originator every paragraph or thought, since these 

 have been selected and placed as needed, believing that all 

 true teachers and gardeners are more anxious to have their 

 message sent than to be seen delivering it. 



In truth, teaching is but another department of gardening. 



Practical points and criticisms from practical men and 

 women, especially from those experiences in trying to get to 

 the land, will be welcomed by the authors. Address in care 

 of the publishers. 



The Report of the Country Life Commission, with Special 

 Message from the President of the United States, is especially 

 important as showing the connection of Intensive Cultiva- 

 tion with Thrift for war time. 



It tells us that : 



"The handicaps (on getting out of town) that we now 

 have specially in mind may be stated under four heads : 

 Speculative holding of lands; monopolistic control of 

 streams; wastage and monopolistic control of forests; re- 

 straint of trade. 



"Certain landowners procure large areas of agricultural 

 land in the most available location, sometimes by question- 

 able methods, and hold it for speculative purposes. This 

 not only withdraws the land itself from settlement, but in 



