X PROPAGATION OP PLAKTS. 



bounds of infallibility. The modes of propagation may 

 not in BTery instance be the best known to others, but 

 they are the best known to. the writer. 



The author asks no fellow laborer to place implicit 

 confidence in the explanations giyen of the principles 

 inTolved in the growth or modes of propagation of plants, 

 but merely requests that their yalue or worthlessness be 

 determined by actual personal experience, leaving all 

 preconceiyed theories out of the question. 



There was a time in the author's life when such a work 

 as this would have been of great assistance, and have 

 saved him the loss of many valuable plants; and believing 

 that there are at this day young men just entering the 

 horticultural field who may be benefited and derive some 

 little assistance from this volume, it is sent forth with 

 the hope that it will not only be kindly received, but may 

 serve to promote the propagation and cultivation of 

 plants. 



Andbew S. FuLLEa. 



Ridgewood, N. J., January, 1887. 



