ADVICE FOR LACKLAND 



LACKLAND'S GARDENER 



With his grounds laid out and his house in 

 fairly habitable condition— according to the 

 plans already laid before the reader — Lack- 

 land holds various consultations in regard to 

 a proper gardener — consults as in duty bound, 

 first of all, Mrs. Lackland. 



Mrs. Lackland wishes an industrious, sober 

 man, who will keep the walks neat and tidy, 

 who knows enough of flowers not to hoe up 

 any of her choice annuals, — (whose seeds she 

 dots about in all directions, marking the 

 places with fragments of twigs thrust in at 

 all possible angles) ; she wishes moreover, a 

 good-natured man, who shall be willing to 

 come and pot a flower for her at a moment's 

 notice; one who will not forget the sweet 

 marjoram or the sage, and who will not allow 

 the thyme to die in the winter. 



He consults the city seedsmen, who refer 

 him to a half-dozen of stout men who may be 

 lounging upon the barrels in the front of their 

 sales-rooms on almost any fine morning in 

 April; but, on entering into parley with them, 



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