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He had bad luck with his bulbs ; that only meant that he 

 still had something to learn. He kept his nerve even when 

 he went bankrupt. His friends told him he was wasting 

 time, but they could not shake his faith. 



In twelve years he found that he was right. His wonderful 

 gardens were making him rich. Other men have gone into 

 the business, but he was first and has kept his lead. He has 

 made the Puget Sound country the greatest rival of Holland 

 in the sale of flowering bulbs. 



Quantities of wild herbs, fruits, and roots that no one eats 

 are good ; the Jesuits had a list of over two hundred kinds 

 that the Indians ate, but it was lost. Some one can do a 

 great service by making it up again by research and experi- 

 ment. Thousands more of the wild things must be good for 

 dyes, fabrics, and fodder. 



Fame like Burbank's and fortune awaits the one who is a 

 good self-advertiser and can find the use of the poetic daisies, 

 goldenrod, and thistle, the all-pervading "pusley," and such 

 other vegetable vermin. 



An interesting experiment is conducted in growing tea 

 with colored child labor, at Tea, South Carolina, by the 

 aid of education and machinery and the cooperation of the 

 Agricultural Department at Washington, who will furnish 

 particulars. Whatever may be its outcome, this will give 

 an opening to some intelligent cultivators, and it points the 

 way to other fields. 



Those who are first in raising new or improved plants find 

 a waiting market for them. 



The Market Growers Gazette, of London, England, reports 

 that Mr. A. Findlay, Mairsland, Auchtermuchty, Scotland, 

 sold one season to five leading growers whose names are 

 given, five seed potatoes at 20 each (which would be, per- 



