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• GARDENING. 



Nov. I. 



Pleasant words.— No horticultural 

 journal in the country getsmore pleasant 

 and complimentan,' words from its sub- 

 scribers than does 'Gardening, and these 

 evidences of appreciation and kind feeling 

 are particularly gratifying tons and spur 

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I CANNOT HELP briefly expressing my 

 appreciation of the careful and practical 

 manner in which your journal is edited, 

 and of the continued valuable character 

 of the contributed articles. The little 

 details of real value either of failure or 

 success, which add to our positive knowl- 

 edge, even if given in the plainest way and 

 by the most inexperienced writer are 

 preserved intact, while the "slop-talk" of 

 the "Bessies" and others who fill columns 

 of some so-called horticultural papers in 

 descriptions of their personal surround- 

 ings and tell how very successful they have 

 been in raising petunias in tomato cans, 

 are as carefully omitted. I really don't 

 know where else we can go to obtain in 

 so limited a space, so vast an amount of 

 interesting and practical inforaiation as 

 is contained in the three volumes of your 

 journal already published. N. F. Peck. 



Conn., October 16, 1895. 



Your illustration of my father's [Mr. 

 EUwanger the senior member of the firm 

 of EllwangerSr Barry.— Ed.] rock-garden 

 comes out very nicely, and he is much 

 pleased with[it,as also with your interest- 

 ing and very comprehensive comments. I 

 may siy that your illustrations are 

 always inost excellent, and that Garden- 

 ing is always a dainty, convenient, 

 practical, attractive, and interesting 

 periodical. George H. Ellwanger. 



Rochester, N. Y., October 17, 1895. 



Gardening is a "round peg in a round 

 hole." We eagerly look forward to its 

 coming, read it carefully, getting all the 

 ideas, instruction and enjoyment from it 

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 that it is to be so long before we shall 

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 next number. It fills the often mentioned 

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 as good. J. C. Barnes. 



Boston, Mass., October 21, '95. 



Gardening is by far the best paper for 

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