ANOTHER HARDY GARDEN BOOK 



due to an inherited trait of ancient date? 

 Primitive man, having been obliged for 

 centuries to provide the food for himself 

 and those dependent upon him through the 

 chase and the tillage of the soil, it may be 

 that his descendants of to-day in moments 

 of leisure still turn instinctively to Mother 

 Earth for delicacies for their tables, and 

 leave to women the aesthetic part of gar- 

 dening. 



A woman's heart in gardening is with 

 her flowers and shrubs, and the raising of 

 vegetables is often a propitiatory offering 

 to the other members of the family, who 

 might otherwise accuse her of too much 

 attention to the merely ornamental and 

 beautiful. But if she care at all for grow- 

 ing things, she will naturally do what she 

 can to make the vegetable garden success- 

 ful; she will see that as many varieties as 

 possible are grown, and that if possible her 

 table is supplied, throughout the season, 

 with fruits and vegetables from her own 

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