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here is remarkable as compared with the 

 number and beauty of such small gardens in 

 England, Holland, Germany, and other parts 

 of Europe, very frequently the result of labor 

 at odd times of poor people whose days are spent 

 in the factory or the shop. For those who own 

 land the great pity is it, that they will not 

 merely refrain from growing flowers, but they 

 will plant no trees. If they care not for flowers, 

 perhaps it may not be worth while to argue 

 with them, but as to trees the case is different. 

 Most land-owners, with the honorable exception 

 of some of our prairie farmers, are wholly in- 

 different to the duty which they owe to their 

 neighborhood and to their children. For them 

 must Old Gerard have written his sturdy invoca- 

 tion, as quoted by Evelyn with much approval : 

 " But forward in the name of God : graff, set, 

 plant, and nourish up trees in every corner of 

 your ground ; the labor is small, the cost is noth- 

 ing, the commodity is great; yourselves shall 

 have plenty, the poor shall have somewhat in 

 time of want to relieve their necessity, and God 

 shall reward your good merits and diligence." 



