ANOTHER HARDY GARDEN BOOK 



with the same system. Every part of the 

 work should have its special time and be 

 carefully laid out. The men in a large 

 garden thus know what is to be done each 

 day; and if but one man be kept he will 

 easily accomplish more with better results 

 than if the work be done in his own potter- 

 ing way. If the same routine be followed 

 in a little garden cared for by the members 

 of a family, each bed or border weeded on 

 a particular day, vines and plants tied up, 

 grass cut, edges trimmed with shears, and 

 all the other necessary things done regu- 

 larly, then the garden will be always in 

 order, and weeds will have no chance to 

 become rampant. 



The impetus that gardening has lately 

 received in this country has resulted in the 

 greatest improvement in towns and villages. 

 But what makes more for general and most- 

 to-be desired improvement and beauty is not 

 the half dozen fine places in a town, but 

 the many streets lined with pretty unpre- 

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