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the instruction in other directions, and not 

 merely be taken up towards the end as their 

 position in the book may appear to indicate. 



" By a judicious combination of work in 

 boxes and pots, and work in the open garden, 

 a teacher should succeed in keeping a class 

 well in hand without confusion or loss of time. 

 In the absence of a school garden a consider- 

 able amount of instruction may be given by 

 means of boxes and pots alone." 



I have only to add that I am greatly 

 indebted to Mr. Francis Watts for the very 

 clear and interesting way in which the book 

 has been prepared and the readiness with 

 which he has placed the results of his labour 

 at the disposal of the Department. My 

 thanks are also due to Mr. W. G. Freeman, 

 B.Sc., F.L.S., for the very considerable service 

 rendered by him in revising, editing, and seeing 

 the work through the press, and to Mr. H 

 Maxwell- Lefroy, B.A., F.E.S., for the chapter 

 on the treatmemt of "Insect Pests." 



D. MOKRIS, 



Commissioner of Agriculture 

 for the West Indies. 



July 20, 1901. 



