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POSTSCRIPT. 



In bringing these Papers to a conclusion, we would, 

 among other matters, make a few remarks upon the 

 title under which they have been issued, namely, 

 Science and Practice of Farm Cultivation. 



Now it will be seen that our object has not been 

 to enter into the minutiae of practical farming, but 

 rather to point out some of the more important 

 scientific principles by which much of practice is 

 regulated. Hence, then, we would beg the reader 

 to amend the title as follows: — "Science of Practice 

 in Earm Cultivation." This will more fully explain 

 the aim and object we have had in view in the series of 

 Papers now concluded. 



It is now time to tender our best acknowledge- 

 ments for the aid we have received in the many 

 drawings with which this small work has been so 

 liberally illustrated. "We owe especial thanks to Mr. 

 Hardwicke for several fine plates of interesting 

 agricultural as well as botanical specimens; to the 

 Royal Agricultural Society of England for the loan 

 of the woodcuts of roots; and to our friend Mr. 

 Wheeler, of Gloucester, for the use of the woodcut 

 illustrations of grasses; and as both the drawings 

 of roots and grasses were made by us direct on 

 tho wood, rough though they may be, we yet hope 



