PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. 



THAT "Farm Horticulture" has met the need for which 

 it was created, is shown by the popularity which it has 

 enjoyed and which has exhausted the first edition in little 

 over a year from the date of original publication. It is 

 especially gratifying to the author that this demand has 

 come largely from agricultural high schools and colleges, as 

 it is an indication of the permanent worth of the book and 

 its establishment in the educational system of the country. 

 Such revision has been made as was necessary after so short 

 a lapse of time, and new material has been incorporated 

 wherever it seemed possible to add to the value of the work 

 or increase its utility. A few chapters did not treat their 

 respective subjects as fully as they merited and these chapters 

 have been lengthened so as to make them better serve their 

 purpose. Some rearrangement of the subject matter has 

 also been made so that it should conform more closely to the 

 usual method of teaching Horticulture. In some chapters 

 additional material has been included, where conditions 

 have changed and experience has demonstrated that the 

 subject was not discussed at sufficient length. 



It has been the aim of the author in preparing this work to 

 bring together the most important facts dealing with the 

 general principles underlying Horticulture. The book is 

 primarily an elementary text, so arranged and developed 

 as to meet the needs of the student as well as those who are 

 practicing Horticulture. Many teachers of Elementary 

 Agriculture and Horticulture have found it suitable as a 

 text and it is hoped that the revised edition will better meet 

 their needs. It is thought that the average family inter- 



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