VI PEEFACE 



I cannot — and it is not a matter of regret — add 

 anything new. Trees do not change their nature, and 

 the rules for their cultivation in one year, if sound, 

 must be the same in all succeeding years. 



I have endeavoured to point out a method of making 

 condensed orchards on a system which I believe to be 

 sound, as it is no theory but practice. I can only 

 hope that the present edition may deserve the same 

 success that has' hitherto attended all the previous 

 editions. 



T. Feancis Rivees. 



OctoUr 1891. 



