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that will enable them to know what to plant and when to plant. 

 It is sent out with the hope that it may prove as much of an 

 inspiration to read it as it has been a joy to gather it and formulate 

 it here; the hope that in some small measure it may help the 

 home makers of this section to become garden makers; the hope 

 that the Garden Beautiful may be quite as truly an ideal to be 

 striven for now as it was in those early days when the storied 

 gardens of Virginia and South Carolina as well as those of Massa- 

 chusetts were known to all the world. 



To help our country come into her own and be recognized for 

 what she is — the Garden Spot of the World — would not require 

 many years if all those who love her would strive for this ideal. 

 To aid in this most worthy achievement is the mission of this 

 little book. 



