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less differences. Then comes the temptation to 

 let Nature develop the diversity still more clearly 

 in a little serial story, of which every spring and 

 summer morning will give you a new chapter. 

 Invite your customers to your stores, and they 

 will double their orders ! 



But this does not pay in the market-garden, 

 when you are seeking to raise what will yield 

 and sell the best ; and the practical man behind 

 the counter, knowing your purpose, will say 

 significantly, " That is what you want," point- 

 ing to some standard variety not half so expen- 

 sive or promising as others that may have taken 

 your eye. It is a good deal with seeds as peo- 

 ple, the most showy and taking at first sight are 

 not the best. In both cases the most showy 

 are the most costly. But I never could resist 

 the " novelties," though some of them turned 

 out to be old acquaintances dressed up in new 

 names, and more of them prove like many of 



