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spite of all the moral effects A trial to 



r i j i I.M the temper. 



of the garden upon the philoso- 



pher within us, I am constrained 

 to confess that it has its trials 

 for the average temper, and that, in that 

 development of patience for which it 

 works, there is a good deal of stumbling 

 by the way, during the battle between the 

 useful and the ornamental ; for on any 

 moderate-sized place, with only a man or 

 two to do the necessary work, there is a 

 constant conflict between what is of pres- 

 ent importance, and what serves for future 

 adornment. 



This is one reason why we like to have 

 as many things done in the autumn as 

 can safely be accomplished at that time, 

 because of all seasons of the year the 

 spring is the one when everything comes 

 at once, and your factotum is more than 

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