TO THE READER. 



In presenting this little Treatise on Orange Culture to 

 the notice of a discerning public, the writer desires to 

 acknowledge his inability to do exact justice to the subject. 

 It is not a compilation, but a plain, comprehensive state- 

 ment of facts not theories as he understands them ; the 

 ivsult of ten years close observation and practical experi- 

 ence. Should this little work meet a long-felt want of a 

 practical guide in orange culture, and be the means of 

 speeding the good work along to a successful issue, the 

 highest aim and object will have been attained, by 

 Yours truly, 



GEORGE W. DAVIS. 



Jacksonville, Florida, January 1881. 



