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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



I'liut(jgr,itilis through Ih, 



Greenhouse Intimacy 



ELEVEN or twelve years ago when a member of a book concern on Twenty- 

 Third street here in little old New York, a publisher sent me three cop- 

 ies of the first issue of the first magazine published in this country de- 

 voted entirely to country life. 



It was a beautifully illustrated afifair with text chatting along so human 

 like, that I promptly sat down on a pile of books out of sight and read it from 

 cover to cover. 



At the time, it little occurred to me what a might}- lever that publication 

 was soon to be in starting a great movement which gardeners and country 

 propcrtv owners all over this big country would soon feel the effects of. 



In that magazine's wake, have followed numerous others, each heralding 

 rhe joys of country living and enthusing us all with the beauties of nature, 

 whether in the open or under captivity in the greenhouse. 



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