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of the private "estate," the village dweller, the subur- 

 banite and the commuter. 



In other words, while I hope that all good people 

 will be interested in dwarf fruit trees and that some 

 of them will share the enthusiasm of which this book 

 is begotten, I do not want anyone to think that I 

 have issued any guaranty, expressed or implied, that 

 dwarf trees will open a paying commercial enterprise. 

 Because the argument that a thing pays has been so 

 long the only recommendation offered for any horti- 

 cultural scheme, many persons have formed the habit 

 of assuming that every sort of praise stands on this 

 one foundation. 



F. A. WAUGH. 



Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1906. 



