1 8 GA RDENING BY M YSELF. 



But It's a matter requiring the most pro- 

 found study ! 



Remember, in passing, that some of these 

 catalogue colours will fade, — that cannot be 

 helped. What certain florists call "blue," 

 you put down as " purplish," — what they call 

 " black," is to your eyes only invisible red. 

 Especially is this true of novelties, and the 

 foreign descriptions of the same ; which are 

 generally got up very " regardless of ex- 

 pense." 



What shall I get ? How shall I have most 

 show and sweetness with the least cost? 

 For what I can afford, must come even be- 

 fore what I want. One novelty will buy 

 from five to ten old favourites : yet the nov- 

 elties are so enticing ! Not the miUionaire 

 class — five dollars or so per seed — but those 

 that are at least within sight of my purse. 

 One or two of them I must have just for 

 zest and flavour. But shall I try again some 

 few that have thwarted me before ? Shall I 

 plant those that do not quite relish my soil 

 and climate, or only the good little flowers 



