CONCLUSION. 



There may "bo " no royal road to learning," but there is a 

 royal road to success in the ciiltivation of fruits, vegetables and 

 flowers in Canada. It is a road that none but those who have 

 royal blood in their veins may traveL It is for those who, though 

 they boast not their descent from regal sirea, are nature's noble- 

 men ; men of earnest purpose, who, with head and heart devoted 

 to the culture of the garden, have learned " to labor and to wait." 



"Knowledge is power," as truly in the cultivation of the 

 sou as in anything else. It was quaintly replied by a successful 

 cultivator, when asked what fertOizer he used to obtain such 

 splendid results: "Brains, sir, brains; I manure my grounds with 

 brains !" 



Use, then, your brains. Study your business. Bring all 

 the activities of your mind to bear upon your gardening. Enlarge 

 your powers of thought and observation by studying the opinions 

 and doings of others ; foUow nothing blindly, but bring all to 

 the test of your own common sense. Keep your eyes open to 

 the operations of nature, and let the experience of each year 

 teach you how to remedy the defects of the past, and place you 

 on vantage ground for the operations of the future. 



In the hope that the hints contained in these pages, drawn 

 mainly from the writer's own experience and observation, may 

 contribute something to the reader's progress, and stimulate to 

 increased thoughtfulness and zeal in the cultivation of the garden, 

 we bid you 



" Study culture, and with artful toil, 

 Meliorate and tame the stubborn soil." 



