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How to Make a Flower Garden 



little money can provide himself with choice shrubbery and plants; and 

 there is a fascination in propagating plants that can be found in few other 

 pursuits. I doubt if the merchant watches the market quotations with half 

 the pleasurable interest that the propagator gives to the outcome of some 

 of his experiments. Any boy or girl on a farm could have a small nursery 

 in one corner of the garden. It would be a constant source of pleasure and 

 instruction, and with little trouble could be made to yield a snug income^ 



