16 THE GABDENETTE 



You forget the cares and worries, and gather new 

 courage for the morrow. 



Indeed, Amateur Gardening appeals to most of 

 us in a way that is totally unlike any other em- 

 ployment. The liking for the work seems intui- 

 tive: perhaps because it brings us very close to 

 nature; possibly because there seems in the hu- 

 man mind a lingering memory of the Lost Eden. 

 At any rate, this desire and taste for gardening 

 is universal, and deserves to be encouraged, for 

 it tends to tranquillity of mind, and is conducive 

 both to health and longevity. 



SMALL DETAILS 



The author assumes that the reader is without 

 practical knowledge of gardening. Hence the 

 care in preparing this guide in describing and 

 explaining even the most trivial details of the 

 work, for success often depends upon the small 

 matters, which most authors ignore, forgetting 

 that many successful business men have neither 

 time nor opportunity to master the minor details 

 of a profession which demands work to which 

 most men are strangers. Then it may be that 

 there are boys, ten to fifteen years old, who can 

 be interested in this fascinating work during the 

 summer's vacation. It is certainly an ideal oc- 

 cupation for most boys, as it affords a method 

 of outlet for surplus energy, while the sense of 

 proprietorship, and the self-respect which al- 

 ways accompanies successful, productive en- 

 deavor, all aid in the formation of good, indus- 

 trious habits and manly character. Give the boy 



