102 MY TEN-BOD FARM; 



Family expenses 60 00 



Balance 18 00 



$150 00 

 Received. 

 For flowers . $150 00 



To explain this great improvement in my income, I give 

 below one of the daily bills Johnny carried to the city. At 

 times the bill was larger than this. The amount varied 

 with the weather. On cloudy and stormy days the flowers 

 would not come out so freely as on pleasant days. In fact 

 I soon found the amount of sunshine was a matter of dollars 

 and cents to me. If I had less sunlight, I had less flowers, 

 and, consequently, less money. I assure you, I looked out 

 for the sun with all the eagerness of a photographer. 

 Here is a day's return : 



400 violets $400 



4 doz. heliotrope 1 00 



2 " bouvardia 50 



$550 



December passed without any mishap. The flowers 

 bloomed more and more freely day by day. The fall heaths 

 came into flower, and the tuberoses ceased and were thrown 

 away. The people in the village began to look upon my 

 operations with more favor, and even condescended to visit 

 my establishment. "When they commenced calling I was 

 very attentive to them, but as this took so much time I left 

 them to inspect things under their own guidance. As the 

 days grew shorter I was obliged to light the fires much 



