UBRARY 



N, C. State College 



EDITOR'S PREFACE 



TO MAKE a book of the cultivated evergreens requires 

 that experts be consulted. The present volume is, 

 therefore, a compilation of articles written by several 

 persons, on a projected plan, brought together and edited in 

 one office. Those familiar with these subjects will recognize 

 the names and appreciate the value of their contributions: 

 Ralph S. Hosmer, Professor of Forestry and head of the 

 Department of Forestry, New York State College of Agri- 

 culture, Cornell University; O. C. Simonds, landscape-gardener 

 and author of the book, "Landscape-Gardening"; John Dunbar, 

 Assistant Superintendent of Parks and Arboriculturist, Roch- 

 ester, N. Y.; George P. Brett, president of The Macmillan 

 Company, interested in the planting of evergreens on his 

 estate in Connecticut; Henry Hicks, nurseryman on Long 

 Island; Frederick Ahrens, propagator, Park Department, Roch- 

 ester, N. Y., and long engaged in the same work with the old 

 firm of Ellwanger & Barry; E. Bollinger, of the Robert 

 Douglas' Evergreen Nurseries in Illinois; W. T. Macoun, 

 Dominion Horticulturist, Ottawa, Canada; Ernest Braunton, 

 horticulturist in southern California; C. R. Crosby, Professor 

 of Extension Entomology, New York State College of Agri- 

 culture, Cornell University; J. B. Palmer, Instructor in 

 Entomology, New York State College of Agriculture, Cor- 

 nell University; F. Dickson, Instructor in Plant Pathology, 

 New York State College of Agriculture, Cornell University; 

 Alfred Rehder, of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard Univer- 

 sity, author of many contributions on the botany of woody 

 plants; Frederick V. Coville, Botanist, United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, who has given special attention to the 



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