HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS 



son who could well afford to buy her own 

 plants. These are the persons to say no to. 



We often see entire collections made up of 

 inferior plants — plants that have very little 

 merit — but which call for just as much atten- 

 tion as better plants would require. Nowadays 

 superior varieties can be bought so cheaply 

 that the woman who loves fine flowers can not 

 afford to waste her time and energy on any- 

 thing but the best. Whenever you buy a new 

 plant, make sure of its being a good one. By 

 adding really meritorious varieties to your col- 

 lection from time to time, and discarding old 

 and comparatively worthless ones, you will 

 soon have a collection to be proud of. Then 

 you will wonder how you could ever have been 

 satisfied with the old one. Here, you see, is a 

 practical application of the theory of the ** sur- 

 vival of the fittest." 





