ANOTHER HARDY GARDEN BOOK 



will cost somewhat more. But what family 

 of eight or ten persons would not spend in 

 six months a far larger sum in buying vege- 

 tables than the combined cost of seeds, fer- 

 tilizers, and the occasional man by the day 

 required for the garden? 



I have endeavored to make this chapter 

 on vegetables as brief and as simple as pos- 

 sible, to show those who have room only for 

 a small garden, which they will probably 

 care for mostly themselves, how easy of 

 culture as well as remunerative the vegetable 

 garden really is. This chapter is not meant 

 for people with large gardens who employ 

 several gardeners, but for those with small 

 places who want to make a beginning, or 

 who, employing perhaps one useful man to 

 do most of the work, find pleasure in per- 

 sonally tending their own gardens to at 

 least some extent. 



