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a fifty-dollar rose garden, which it seems is much in 

 demand, so that I've adapted my own experience to the 

 simple plan that Evan drew to enlighten amateur rose 

 lovers and turn them from coveting their wealthy 

 neighbours' goods to spending their energy in pro- 

 ducing covetable roses of their own ! 



By the way, I send you my own particular list of 

 Worthy Annuals to match the hardy plants and keep 

 heights and colours easily before you until your own 

 Garden Book is formulated and we can compare 

 notes. (See page 387.) 



You forgot to tell me whether you have decided to 

 keep hens or not ! I know that the matter has been 

 discussed every spring since you have lived at Woodridge. 

 If you are planning a hennery, I shall not encourage the 

 rosary, for the days of a commuter's wife are not long 

 enough for both without encountering nervous prostra- 

 tion on the immediate premises. 



Some problems are ably solved by cooperation. As 

 I am a devotee of the ornamental and comfortable, 

 Martha Saunders n<?e Corkle runs a cooperative hen- 

 yard in our north pasture for the benefit of the Cort- 

 rights and ourselves to our mutual joy ! 



