PREFACE. 
The old house of Henry A. Dreer begs leave to offer to 
the American public a little book on winter gardening ; on 
vegetable culture under glass. 
It is assumed that the best way to tell how to do things 
is to tell how things are being done by successful gardeners ; 
to deal meagerly in theory and largely in fact. 
So we have woven with our own long experience a series 
of recent field observations; notes made by our own people ; 
pictures taken with our own cameras; and, in places, the 
literal words used by practical gardeners in describing their 
processes and in giving their conclusions. 
To keep our business abreast of the times it is necessary 
for us to constantly note what the world is doing. In this 
little work we present a few pages from our note books to 
the horticultural public. 
Henry A.-DREER, 
Incorporated. 
Philadelphia, October 1, 1896. 
