PREFACE 



This book is intended as a text-book of horticulture for 

 high-schools and for other schools requiring a text for pupils 

 of high-school grade, and also for use in homes and reading- 

 courses. The subject-matter and exercises may be covered in 

 one school year if three periods a week are spent in recitation 

 and two double periods are employed for laboratory work. 

 When a shorter period is given to the subject, it will -be 

 advisable to omit the chapters of least importance to the 

 community. 



It is not necessary that the chapters be studied in the order 

 given in the text. The teacher should assign them in the 

 order suggested by the climate, season, and needs of the 

 locality. It is advisable, however, to take up chapters I and 

 II before other subject-matter is considered, because an 

 understanding of the material contained therein will result 

 in a more thorough appreciation of the chapters following. 



The exercises given at the ends of the chapters are in- 

 tended as an aid to the busy teacher. They are of three 

 types: (1) those that explain or illustrate the subject-matter 

 in the text; (2) those that familiarize the pupils with the 

 best horticultural practices; and (3) project exercises that 

 require the pupils to apply the facts, principles, and methods 

 of procedure in detail to the production and sale of a par- 

 ticular horticultural crop. 



The project exercise is of great value in teaching the 

 practical application of the general principles discussed in 

 the text, and in teaching practical business methods as 

 applied to horticulture. In general the project should be 

 large enough to occupy the spare time of the student and 



vii 



