COLOR ARRANGEMENTS OF FLOWERS 



It is not necessary to have in her garden 

 every plant that any one else has had, but 

 we should endeavor to achieve our results 

 by growing those flowers which are best 

 suited to the locality where we live, and 

 which give us the most remuneration for 

 our trouble, and then, as our experience 

 grows, gradually increase the varieties. 



Of course, one often tries a new plant, 

 from a desire to experiment or from curios- 

 ity, just as one chooses a " salad Marguer- 

 ite " or a " coupe San Jacques," or other 

 dish with a strange name, from a restaurant 

 menu, and returns again to the old flowers, 

 as to the simple dishes. 



There will often be a visitor come to see 

 the garden, generally a woman, who will 

 look about critically and then remark, " I 

 do not see such and such a flower ;" when 

 you must acknowledge that you not only 

 have not grown it but have never heard of 

 it. But do not be discouraged, as such 

 inquiries are not meant unkindly, and even 



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