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most vigor. If taste and time permit, it is well 

 to make maps of the garden, and indeed of 

 one's entire place upon a certain scale, so th.it 

 all may be accurately before the eye, rather 

 than indefinitely present to memory. Then 

 every tree will have its proper location, and it 

 can be seen where others might be located. 

 Ground already occupied can be so described, 

 and you can carefully decide how you will plant 

 the still open spaces. From garden manuals 

 and papers, you can learn what crops are best 

 suited to your soils, what modes of culture can 

 be followed to greatest advantage. All now can 

 be settled definitely for the best, but such wise 

 deliberation would be impossible in the hurry of 

 the opening season. 



A clear, well-arranged plan always saves 

 much time in all operations, but especially in a 

 garden. In regard to culture and crops, there 

 are such diversities of opinion and conflicting 



