Excerpt from Jottings of a Gentleman Gardener a Practical Guide to Flower, Gardening for Amateur Gardeners, to Which Is Added, Some Suggestions on Growing Food, Plants During the WarSince this book was completed in October, 1916, the question of food production has become one of national importance, and it did not seem right to publish it without some reference to the culture of vegetables. The last two chapters have therefore been added to meet the special circumstances of the time. Although thirty deal with ¿ower growing, and only two with vegetables, it must be remembered that much of the work described under soils and manures holds good alike for ¿owers and vegetables.Even in War-time, when food is so important, I am convinced that we can hardly do without ¿owers, for they can do so much to brighten up the hours, days, and weeks which might otherwise to many of us be full of gloom, and, maybe, sorrow. Who will deny that ¿owers cheer us and help us through our difficulties So it really needs little apology for bringing out the work at the present time. It may be criticised in some of its details, and I hope critics will not spare my feelings, if they feel it their duty to pull it to pieces. I am, happily, used to criticism, some years of writing for the Press enable me to enjoy it. Any practical suggestions for making the book more generally useful to amateurs will be most welcome, and my Publishers have kindly undertaken to forward letters to me.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.