Gardening is issued in the hope that through fuller 

 knowledge of the vital necessities of growing plants, of 

 the adverse conditions which obtain in the school-room, 

 and of the enemies more commonly attacking house 

 plants, these frequent failures may be avoided. 



The author, Mr. Herman B. Dorner, has especial fit- 

 ness for the work assigned him, not only because of a 

 thorough scientific training, but also because of years 

 of practical experience in the handling of plants in an 

 establishment of wide reputation for its successful 

 methods in plant-breeding and culture. It will be seen 

 that the book appeals as strongly to those growing 

 plants in the home or in small conservatories as to 

 teachers, and to all such it is also commended with con- 

 fidence as of high practical value. 



Stanley Coulter. 



Purdue University, August i, 1907. 



