PREFACE ix 



that a longer treatise would be superfluous. I 

 have more fully dealt with fishing in a previous 

 work, ' Rod and River.' 



Since watercress-farming has, of late years, 

 become an industry of such importance, I have 

 thought that some account of the cultivation of 

 the plant might prove of interest. 



The compilation of the present work has 

 afforded me much pleasurable occupation. Should 

 its perusal, as I trust it may, afford the reader 

 any additional interest in 'Outdoor Life,' I shall 

 be content. 



