\VKEN TO COMMENCE A GARDEN. 



" WHY, in the spring, of course." 

 I beg to differ with you, my reader, fair or 

 otherwise. The autumn, is the true practical 

 spring in which the gardener should commence 

 operations with the best hopes of success. 

 This may seem paradoxical and contrary to 

 Nature, and save to the comparatively few who 

 have learned by experience, it is at variance 

 with practice. But it is not contrary to Nature, 

 for in the cool dewy nights, and the rains of 

 late August and early September, we have 

 again weather suitable for the stirring of thi 

 ground and the sowing and growth of seeds. 



