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button - holes, wreaths, and bouquets. He has 

 secured a large number of first prizes at exhibi- 

 tions. 



2. The owner is a man of fifty-three years, with 

 no children living at home ; he worked until 1902 

 in a shoe factory, and cultivated a small garden 

 in spare time. He then purchased a house and 

 3 roods 10 perches of land from the Co-operative 

 and local building societies out of his savings and 

 share of accumulated profits in the former society. 

 He has two green-houses, and cultivates tomatoes, 

 chrysanthemums, bedding and window plants, 

 gooseberries, currants, and other fruit. At the 

 Crystal Palace Show of 1902 he secured one third, 

 four second, and three first prizes. At a recent 

 local show he gained ten prizes. 



When questioned as to his views on the pro- 

 motion of such schemes by Government, and as to 

 what bodies would best bear the responsibility, 

 Mr. Marlow stated that he would like to see the 

 responsibility come spontaneously from the majority 

 of people concerned, and that he thought the desire 

 ought to come from them in the first instance 

 for any scheme to be successful. His idea is 

 practically that on which the Danish schemes are 

 based i.e., that they should be started by the 

 people and helped by the Government. 



