THE AMERICAN GARDEN 



stand it and presently the landlords of the poor 

 utilized it. 



The poor man — the poor woman — needs 

 the protection of a fence to a degree of which 

 the well-to-do know nothing. In the common 

 interest of the whole community, of any com- 

 munity, the poor man — the poor woman — 

 ought to have a garden; but if they are going to 

 have a garden they ought to have a fence. We 

 in Northampton know scores of poor homes 

 whose tenants strive year after year to establish 

 some floral beauty about them, and fail for want 

 of enclosures. The neighbors' children, their 

 dogs, their cats, geese, ducks, hens — it is use- 

 less. Many refuse to make the effort; some, I 

 say, make it and give it up, and now and then 

 some one wins a surprising and delightful suc- 

 cess. Two or three such have taken high prizes 

 in our competition. The two chief things which 

 made their triumph possible were, first, an 

 invincible passion for gardening, and, second, 

 poultry-netting. 



A great new boon to the home gardener they 

 are, these wire fencings and nettings. With 



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