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plant that goes out. He wants them to live, and he re- 

 joices in your success. 



Again, his advice is worth much. He can tell you 

 what will succeed and what will not. Every nursery- 

 man who does an extensive business has spent hundreds, 

 if not thousands, of dollars in finding out what he could 

 not do ; and he would give you the benefit of his experi- 

 ence. If you don't take his advice, you will meet some 

 fakir, or you will get some fine eastern catalogue, giving 

 a description of things that do well there, and you will 

 be tempted to buy. Perhaps you are attracted by the 

 charming pictures of the kalmias, azaleas and rhodo- 

 dendrons. You just buy the pictures if you wish, but 

 let the plants alone ; for you can no more raise them in 

 most parts of the west than you can raise peaches on 

 the north pole. 



We will endeavor to give you a list of stock that will 

 succeed in your section, and if you are in doubt consult 

 the nearest responsible nurseryman or the superintendent 

 of your state experiment station. 



But let us return to this penuriousness which strikes 

 a person as soon as he steps out of doors. He has built 

 a good house. Why don't he and his wife go to the sec- 

 ond hand store and hunt up the cheapest bargains and 

 buy some old rag carpets, and rickety chairs, and cheap 

 tables with broken wings, and bedsteads with those tell- 

 tale specks on them, just because they are cheap ? O no. 

 They must have nice carpets, good furniture, and every- 

 thing to match. A $50 rug is just the thing for the 



