PKEFACE 



This little book makes no claim to originality. 

 It aims merely to give a short and simple account 

 of some of the common troubles met with in 

 gardens, and where they are known, methods of 

 meeting them that have proved effective. These 

 methods have been suggested by many different 

 workers in different lands, and I, no less than 

 every other garden lover, owe a debt of gratitude 

 to them which I take this opportunity of acknow- 

 ledging. The good there may be in this book is 

 theirs, the faults my own. 



FEED. J. CHITTENDEN. 



September 1920. 



