THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



O'Brien, is to me enchanting in its charm, though 

 many serious-minded gardeners would think it 

 but a trifle. "The Garden of Ignorance," by Mrs. 

 George Cran, also has its diverting niche in my 

 affections; and last Miss ChappelPs tiny vol- 

 umes, "Gardening Don'ts" and "More Gardening 

 Don'ts," which I charge my readers not to miss, if 

 they are of those who would be light-hearted as 

 they garden ! 



So many are the books, so short the time for 

 reading, even for naming, them ! Let me beg any 

 reader of my lines to fill his shelves with fine gar- 

 dening publications as eagerly as he would furnish 

 his garden-beds with plants, that his borders may 

 reflect a well-stocked mind and his pleasure in his 

 flowers then increase a thousandfold. 



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