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done early in the month, with ordinary care, 

 they are sure to grow. I aim to set out one or 

 two new beds every spring. When you are 

 buying new and expensive varieties this is the 

 time, by all means. 



It is a pleasure and often a source of profit to 

 try a few of the novelties, and some extraordi- 

 nary ones (on paper) are offered for '73 (vide 

 catalogues and advertisements). Certain new 

 kinds are offered at the modest sum of fifty 

 cents each, and one or two of these I shall try. 

 A single plant is all you want. From that you 

 can obtain fifty that will bear the following sea- 

 son, and so in a small way can thoroughly test 

 the value of the variety. If it is what you want, 

 you can raise enough new plants from the fifb 

 during the second summer to set out all yoj 

 wish, and have many to spare. It is therefore 

 interesting to try in this inexpensive manner 

 some of the large, new, highly recommended 



