Farm Life Text Series 



EDITED BY K. C. DAVIS, Ph.D. (Cornell) 



HORTICULTURE 



A TEXT BOOK FOR HIGH 

 SCHOOLS AND NORMALS 



INCLUDING PLANT PROPAGATION; PLANT 

 BREEDING; GARDENING; ORCHARDING; 

 SMALL FRUIT GROWING; FORESTRY; BEAU- 

 TIFYING HOME GROUNDS; THE SOILS AND 

 ENEMIES INVOLVED 



BY 

 KARY CADMUS DAVIS, Ph.D. (Cornell) 



PROFESSOR OF AGRICULTURE, KNAPP SCHOOL OF COUNTRY LIFE, GEORGE PEABCDY COLLEGE 



FOR TEACHERS, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE; AUTHOR OF PRODUCTIVE FARMING; 



EDITOR OF LIPPINCOTT'S FARM MANUAL SERIES, ETC. 



287 ILLUSTRATIONS 



PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON 

 J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 



