As the lectures, which were intended for the instruction of the 
students in the School of Horticulture, contain an amount of 
information of general utility—and although the public were 
admitted to the lectures, there is necessarily a large number of 
persons engaged in horticulture who, from the nature of their 
employment, and the fact of their residing at a considerable — 
distance from the metropolis, were unable: to avail themselves of 
the privilege of attending the lectures—it has been decided to 
publish the series delivered during the present year, in the hope 
that the information contained therein may be disseminated with 
profit to persons engaged in rural industries. 
Copies may be obtained on personal or written application. 
D. MARTIN, 
Secretary for Agriculture. 
Melbourne, 20th December, 1893. 
