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COX AND WYMAN,

ORIENTAL, CLASSICAL, AND GENERAL PRINTERS,

GREAT QUEEN STREET, LONDON, W.C.

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TO

JOHN CHALMERS MORTON, ESQ.,

The talented Editor of the "Agricultural Gazette,"

MANY OF THE FACTS AND OPINIONS ALREADY DETAILED

IN WHICH INFLUENTIAL JOURNAL

ARE HERE BUT REPEATED,

THIS WORK

IS DEDICATED

AS A SMALL TOKEN OF ADMIRATION AND RESPECT,

BY HIS FAITHFUL FRIEND,

THE AUTHOR.

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CONTENTS.

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PART I.

HOW TO GROW GOOD ROOTS.