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MAKING HORTICULTURE PAY 



seed as a gift. Start in right. 

 ]\Iake up your mind to pay a good 

 price for good seed, and pay it 

 without a whimper. There is no 

 use in sowing trouble and disap- 

 pointment. 



" Write for catalogs to reliable 

 seed houses. You will find their 

 advertisements in the better-class 

 farm journals and magazines. 

 When you get the catalogs, get 

 to work. The study of catalogs 

 is much harder work than plant- 

 ing the garden. Apparently seed 

 houses lack sense of both humor 

 and proportion. About every- 

 thing they advertise is 

 mended so highly that choosing just which 

 to plant is as difficult as threading a needle 

 in the dark. 



SPADES 



recom- 



FRANKNESS COMMENDED 



" I wish to pay a tribute to a man in 

 Iowa for his courage. I have never used 

 his seed, because when I got his catalog 

 I had supplied myself with about all I 

 needed. But his style in commenting on 

 his wares is refreshing. He has not the 

 least hesitation in condemning some of 

 the seeds he lists ; and when he has some- 

 thing which he thinks is of high grade, 

 he says so with the same wholesome can- 

 dor. After all, if you study it out, there 

 is considerable shrewd sense in his frank- garden 

 ness. It inspires trust. I wish that some fork 



