ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



Without having had the assistance of several friends, 

 the practical value of this book would have been diminished. 

 We have particularly to thank Harold Morgan, Auburn, 

 N. Y., for data as to the yield of cut flowers; J. J. Tauben- 

 haus, for data on diseases of the Sweet Pea; T. A. Weston, 

 Orpington, England, for many excellent photographs and 

 for his contributions to Chapter IX on " Up-do-date Cul- 

 tivation for Market in England "; also for help in Chapter 

 VIII. Acknowledgments are also due to W. J. Baker, 

 Fort Worth, Texas; Irwin Bertermann, Indianapolis, Ind.; 

 W. Cuthbertson, Edinburgh, Scotland; Wm. Dick, Senr., 

 Edinburgh, Scotland; W. H. Engler, Philadelphia, Pa.; 

 A. V. Main, Toronto, Canada; Addison J. McNutt, Knox- 

 ville, Tenn.; James Morton, Chicago, III.; W. H. Taplin, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y., and Chas. Weaver, Ronks, Pa. 



For permission to use photographs we are indebted to 

 Prof. A. C. Beal, Ithaca, N. Y.; Hitchings & Co., Elizabeth, 

 N. J., and Lord & Burnham Co., New York City. 



