PREFACE 



book is embellished due acknowledgment to the owners of the 

 copyright is made in each instance on the pages on which they 

 appear. For the loan of these photographs, and for the permission 

 to reproduce them, which was so readily and promptly granted, 



1 desire to tender my thanks. 



The diagrams, which will be found to be not the least valuable 

 feature of the volume, are the work of Mr F. Wood, whose 

 practical knowledge of horticulture is exceeded only by the 

 skill with which he has delineated the various operations that 

 are essential to the daily practice of the science and art of 

 gardening. 



F. H. F. 



