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desire to acknowledge), that Ze might possibly settle the 
problem, if he gave it @ year’s study, I concluded to 
omit my prefatory chapter, and to begin with the’ more 
‘tangible topics of soil and manure. 
“I may add that it would have been easy for the pub- 
‘lishers to fill this book with illustrations of strawberries 
taken at second hand, and for whose accuracy they could 
not vouch; but it has been thought better to use only 
drawings made from actual specimens of fruit. Such 
illustrations will be given in future editions. 
. J. M. M., Jr. 
February 8, 1870. ® 
