PREFACE 



We are again called upon to christen another volume of The 

 Record op Horticulture. 



The success that attended the first, bids us hope for the second, 

 although we are not confident that it is in any respect superior to 

 its predecessor. 



One new feature has been added, which we trust will be found 

 of great value, especially to those who are in the seed or plant 

 business. We refer to the Horticultural Directory. This cata- 

 logue of Nurserymen, Florists, and Seedsmen we believe to be 

 the most complete of any heretofore published, and we promise 

 to continue this feature in future volumes until it shall be abso- 

 lutely perfect, if such a thing is possible. 



The number of new fruits and flowers which have been tested 

 in the past year are quite numerous, and we have given whatever 

 information in regard to them that could be obtained, always en- 

 deavoring to err, if at all, in sajing too little, in preference to 

 saying too much. 



We again invite horticulturists to send us the reports of soci- 

 eties with list of Officers for the year ; also any other matter that 

 shall be of general interest. We will be pleased to receive the 

 name and description of all new fruits and flowers, and any fiicts 

 relative to their history. To give each year a brief synopsis of 

 the principal events that are likely to interest the cultivation of 

 ^y^ plants is our only object in editing the Record of Horticulture. 



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A. S. F. 



RiDGEWOOD, N. J. 



