INTRODUCTION 



garden. She will even compete with her 

 neighbors for the first peas or corn. Who 

 does not know the mortifying question, 

 "Have you had peas from your garden 

 yet?" The condition of mine when others 

 have announced that "they had them last 

 week" has often induced in me the secret 

 thought that their "peas" must have been 

 only "pods." 



In taking women through my flower gar- 

 dens I have never heard one ask about the 

 vegetable garden, but I do not remember a 

 single instance of showing the flowers to 

 a man who failed to inquire with a strong 

 note of interest about the vegetable garden. 



Aside from the pleasure of raising your 

 own vegetables, and their superiority in 

 freshness and delicacy, it is certainly an 

 economy, and if the work be done regularly 

 the garden is easily kept in order. 



All well-ordered houses are run system- 

 atically, certain work being done on certain 

 days. The garden must be attended to 

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