4G How TO Grow Cut Flowers. 



have been brought to our attention, still each growei 

 has had to act largely upon his own judgment, and 

 draw conclusions in the main from his" own experi- 

 ence. 



I well remember the eager anticipation with which ] 

 listened to the first essay on this subject, as well as the 

 unsatisfied hunger and disappointment with which ] 

 turned away at its close, simply because I did not find 

 in it the solution of the one question above all others 

 which was then troubling me. In the light of subse- 

 quent events I can see that it was all clear to the mind 

 of the essayist, and that he could not have known the 

 conditions which constituted a failure with me, while 

 with him, seemingly, similar conditions were a success, 



As this line of thought tends directly to the use ol 

 soils, and as my belief increases with each passing year, 

 that on them, and on their adaptability to the needs ol 

 the diiferent varieties of roses we grow, depends, in nc 

 small degree, our success, it seems to me wise to com- 

 mence with what may be truly considered the foun- 

 dation stones of our superstructure. 



