MARKETS. 



J 1 must be remembered that these articles are 

 written from the stand-point of a professional 

 man, and chiefly for those who propose to make 

 the garden a mere adjunct to some other call- 

 ing. As my title suggests, I hope to show many 

 who have and many who have not a garden, 

 how they also might find "play and profit" in 

 one. 



I will touch but briefly on the great markets 

 of New York and similar large cities. Mr. 

 Henderson, in his well-known book, has clearly 

 prf sented the nature of vegetable gardening and 

 it? rewards. It is shown to be extremely profit- 

 able to those who understand it, set about it 

 under the right conditions, and devote their 

 whole energies to it. At the same time, unless 

 one chooses it as a calling, it is a phase of agri- 

 culture impossible for a professional man. One 

 must be within three or four miles of the mar- 

 ket, and land :s so high, competition so keen, 



