How to manage a Garden 



Exchange. 



There is also another aspect to be considered. It often 

 happens that an amateur gardener propagates more of a 

 particular class of plants than is requisite for his own needs. 

 He may likewise be anxious to obtain more of some plant 

 which another amateur possesses. Here we find a demand 

 and a supply both of which can be mutually brought to- 

 gether. In fact there is every reason to urge that a kind of 

 society should be formed for the facilitating of mutual 

 exchange. It might even extend its limits so far as to give 

 advice in the matter of purchase, or take over the work of 

 purchasing goods and distributing them to the members 

 according to their requirements. Such a co-operative society 

 is, I believe, really required amongst all lovers of gardening, 

 by which means they could get better stuff, get it cheaper, 

 and be benefiting their fellow-man, to say nothing of the 

 gratuitous imparting of advice and experience which must 

 inevitably accompany the system. Will our many " Mutual 

 Improvement Societies " take this matter up and try to pro- 

 vide amateur enthusiasts with plants, &c., at a reasonable 

 rate before they teach them how such plants are to be 

 grown. A little more public spirit and a march with the 

 times need to be infused into our local societies before they 

 can make rapid headway. This criticism, be it understood, 

 is meant in a most friendly way, and it is hoped that some 

 results may accrue therefrom. It is indicative of a large 

 amount of energy and enthusiasm that we have so many 

 local societies, and it only needs that the energy and en- 

 thusiasm should be directed into the right channels to make 

 them still more successful and more useful. 

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