FOREWORD TO VOLUME VII 



This may be called the Vegetable Volume. In 

 it, Mr. Burbank gives the details of his experiments 

 in gardening, and an outline of his viewpoint, not 

 alone for the benefit of the man who takes a lively 

 springtime interest in his kitchen garden, but for 

 the man, as well, who grows vegetables for the 

 market. 



Nor is attention directed solely to the com- 

 moner forms of garden vegetables, a wide range 

 of hitherto unthought-of food plants being dis- 

 cussed as well. 



In this volume will also be found a complete 

 history of Mr. Burbank's work with the potato 

 and a sketch of the improvements, which, for 

 more than forty years, he has been striving to 

 make, together with his suggestions to those who 

 would like to take up the work of bettering this 

 important crop. 



THE EDITORS. 



