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think, find the labor of selection much diminished bv the 

 increased simplicity of the mode we have adopted, while 

 the commercial gardener will in nowise be injured by the 

 change. 



In directions for culture, we give the results of our own 

 experience, and have not hesitated to avail ourselves of 

 any satisfactory results in the experience of others, which 

 might enhance the utility of the work. 



We do not claim exemption from criticism in any form, 

 and readily express our willingness to be ever open to 

 conviction, in a field where, among the varied results of 

 experiment and skill, there is much room for difference of 

 opinion. 



For our labor we shall feel abundantly compensated, if 

 the republication of this work shall in any way tend tQ 

 produce a more general admiration and increased culture 

 of the most beautiful flower known* S. B. P, 



