j/7 '--</ _X _z. 



While the year is yet young, in the heyday of Spring, 

 My garden doth plenty of gooseberries bring ; 

 For sauce and for pudding, for tart and for pie, 

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g, or ar an or pe, 



There's nothing to equal the gooseberry, say I 

 hool 



og o equa e gooseerry, s 

 And as much as a man as when urchin at sc 

 I turn with a relish to gooseberry fool. 

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es o gooseerry oo. 



Gooseberry fool'l gooseberry fool ! 

 Right sweet to the palate is gooseberry fort! " 



AILLARDIA (vat. 

 ord. Composi'tae). 



These hardy plants, with 

 large daisy-like flowers, 

 natives of the temperate 

 zones of North and South 

 America, are annuals and herbaceous 

 perenntels. The former are splendid 

 bedding plants, remarkable for the pro- 

 fusion, size, and brilliancy of their blos- 

 soms, continuing in beauty during the 

 summer and autumn. They thrive in any 

 light, rich soil, and may be propagated 

 by cuttings or by seeds sown, in the case 

 of the perennials, in February or March in 

 gentle heat. The annuals are both pro- 

 pagated by cuttings, but seeds may be 



OLD S-JNG 



sown in the usual way when other annuals 

 are sown. There are many hybrids from 



GAILLARDIA. 



the original varieties, which may be 

 obtained from any seedsman. 



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