PREFACE. ix. 



on numerous points a large array of authoritative 

 works, the titles of which would need too much space 

 to enumerate. 



In preparing the chapters dealing with Soil and 

 Manures I have drawn freely from Mr. A. D. Hall's 

 books, The Soil and Manures. The section on Insect 

 Pests and Fungoid Diseases is the work of my son, 

 who from his training is much better qualified to deal 

 with the subject than myself ; and I am indebted to Mr. 

 R. Coates, my late assistant, for compiling the Table 

 giving the Approximate Cost of Fertilizing Units. 



Of the illustrations of Vegetables the large majority 

 appear by permission of Messrs. Vilmorin-Andrieux 

 Co., of Paris ; most of the remainder are re- 

 produced from photographs kindly provided by 

 Messrs. Sutton & Sons, of Reading ; in each case 

 this is indicated at the foot of the block. Of the 

 illustrations in the section on Insect Pests and Fungoid 

 Diseases, three have been supplied by Messrs. West, 

 Newman & Co., from Miss E. A. Ormerod's book on 



Agricultural Entomology ; eight appear by permission 



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 of Messrs. Gurney & Jackson, having been originally 



published in Mr. John Curtis's Farm Insects ; the re- 

 mainder in this section, with tw r o exceptions, I am 

 enabled to show by courteous permission of the Board 

 of Agriculture, which Department has previously used 



