250 FIVE A CUES TOO MUCH. 



dred per cent. In fact, I regard this discovery as one 

 of the most valuable, if not the very most valuable, 

 of the results of my country experience. 



The premises are set down at an increase of one 

 thousand dollars, and, if rny readers had seen the dif 

 ference between a bare tract of land and a garden 

 blooming with beauty, odorous with fragrance, and 

 smiling with abundance, they would have felt that 

 the improvement was stated at too low a rate. The 

 strawberries are also put at a large advance upon 

 the prime cost ; but a thriving bed of this excellent 

 fruit, bidding fair to supply the wants of the entire 

 household, to gratify friends, and to supply the place 

 of costlier desserts, was well worth a round sum of 

 money. It certainly cost me much care and anxiety ; 

 it had failed once, and threatened at first to give out 

 the second time, but finally had proved an absolute 

 success, and was already becoming the parent of 

 other plantations. 



Among the items of yearly expense will be found in 

 cluded a charge for entrance-fee to the skating-pond. 

 This may at first seem to be more of a luxury than 

 an actual necessity, but, as it was clear that I should 

 not have incurred it if I had not been in Flushing, I 

 put it down. My yearly receipts do not represent so 

 much income actually received, for, as has been stated 



