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PREFACE 



will continue to hold its high place as the standard work on the science and practice 

 of horticulture. 



Horticultural art has made such progress in recent years that a work of the 

 comprehensive character of the present one could only be produced by the co-opera- 

 tion of many specialists. The assistance of some of the most eminent horticulturists 

 and others has therefore been obtained. The following is a list of the contributors 

 and the initials appended to the particular chapters which they have written or 

 revised. 



a. h. A. HEMSLEY. 



a. p. ARCHIBALD PIPER. 



a. w. A. WARD. 



e. b. EDWIN BECKETT. 



e. m. EDWARD F. R. MAWLEY, 



F.R.Met.Soc. 



f. m. FREDERICK MOORE. 



f. w. b. F. W. BURBIDGE, M.A., F.L.S. 



g. m. G. MASSEE, F.L.S. 

 q. T . m. G. T. MILES. 



h. c. p. H. C. PRINSEP. 



j. b. JAMES BOYD. 



j. d. JAMES DOUGLAS. 



j. f. JOHN FRASER, F.L.S. 



j. h. JAMES HUDSON. 



j. j. w. J. J. WILLIS. 



j. m. J. MILES. 



j. m'i. J. M'INDOE. 



j. o'b. JAMES O'BRIEN. 



j. s. J. SMITH. 



m. d. MALCOLM DUNN. 



m. t. m. Dr. MAXWELL T. MASTERS, F.R.S. 



r. d. RICHARD DEAN. 



r. l. c. R. LEWIS CASTLE. 



w. c. W. CRUMP. 



w. d. W. DALLIMORE. 



w. h. d. W. H. DIVERS. 



w. i. W. IGGULDEN. 



w. j. b. W J. BEAN. 



w. s. W. SPINKS. 



For those chapters which are not initialled the editor is responsible, though he 

 has, wherever necessary, made use of expert knowledge. 



