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the darkest crimson blossoms, on our nasturtium vines, 

 while the foliage was a combination of light and dark, 

 making the plants very attractive. Just the variety for 

 the window box or for anyone who has little space. — 

 [S. L. Parker, Massachusetts. 



If I had bought the produce at wholesale prices, 

 the time spent to go after it would more than equal the 

 time spent in my garden.— [G. V. Dewey, Tennessee. 



I place more value on the garden than the figures 

 show. Vegetables should be on every farmer's table, 

 fresh and sweet. — [C. E. Deets, Iowa. 



We have not been without flowers for our table 

 and sitting room from July to November i. They have 

 been given to friends and used for church decoration. 

 It adds to the pleasures of a garden to have also all 

 small fruits suited to the climate, and herbs, pie plant 

 and all vegetables.— [Marcia H. Howlett, Wisconsin. 



We aimed to keep as accurate account of time 

 spent as possible, and have been surprised that the 

 number of days of ten hours each have been so few. — 

 [Miss Mary Oilman, New York. 



TJic Family Garden.— A good gardener and true 

 lover of country life and work is not repaid in dollars 

 and cents alone. Writes L. E. Dimock of Connecticut: 

 Dry figures can never reveal the hopes, the fears, the 

 pleasure and the trials, that make the family garden 

 indispensable to the perfect enjoyment of farm life. 

 I say our garden, because, while nearly all the labor in 

 it was performed by myself, yet for the whole family 

 the garden is always a place of absorbing interest. The 

 madam likes to stroll there in the twilight hours; the 

 married daughter, with a home and a garden of her 

 own, delights in wandering through its green mazes 

 frequently and make comparisons with the garden at 

 her own home. The son, deep in the knotty problems 

 of Coke or Blackstone, has visions of the home garden 



