MY GARDEN WHAT FRUITS WERE CULTIVATED. 89 



fatal neglect. In the average garden, procrasti- 

 nation, that we all preach against and nearly all 



practise, is one of the most common sources o 



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 ill-success. 



But if a man will study grape-vines and learn 

 grape-vines, he can do some very beautiful 

 things with them, and by attention and outlay 

 can do it on a large scale. Still, as I have said, 

 it is a fine art requiring no little skill, judgment, 

 and thought. A nice balance must be kept 

 between root and vine. You must feed your 

 vine in view of what you wish to produce. It 

 must be pruned with a forethought looking 

 through several summers instead of only one ; 

 otherwise you soon have long reaches of barren 

 old wool, with a few clusters at the end, like 

 some dry sermons finishing off with a good 

 practical application. 



You must see that those in your employ, 

 economical of time and cord, do not tie them 



