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an interesting story of hybridizing and about the 

 selection and reselection of varieties for the im- 

 provement of species, but there is not room here 

 for this. 



So far in this chapter there are several minor 

 growing methods that have not been touched, and 

 we will skim over these with just a word. How 

 potatoes are grown from eyes cut from the parent 

 is generally known ; not so well known probably is 

 that the sweet potato or yam is grown from 

 sprouts pulled from the parent which has been 

 planted in a hot bed; strawberry plants are pro- 

 duced from runners that shoot out from the parent 

 and root in between the rows, and raspberries are 

 grown from replanted suckers that spring up from 

 the ground about the parent plants. Yes, it is all 

 very wonderful, this varied plant life of ours, and 

 all very interesting. 



"Making two blades of grass grow where only 

 one has grown before" is full of interest. Some 

 time you may enjoy trying your hand at plant 

 propagation, anyway I am sure you will welcome 

 the knowledge as to how it may be accomplished. 



EVEN a modest cottage may be not only a house, 

 but a home as well. In that stirring old ballad, 

 "Home, Sweet Home," a song that is ever new and 



