NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE 



created, presenting certain features which this 

 particular flower never before possessed, is not 

 only something for mutual pleasure but a 

 distinct floral triumph. It may be, indeed, 

 you have set the pace for the whole world. 

 But crossing old plants or creating new ones 

 is not child's play. To do it successfully 

 requires intelligent effort, the highest judg- 

 ment, the soundest common sense, patience of 

 no ordinary type. The man who has a small 

 plot of ground, — it may be only a few square 

 feet of ground in a cooped - up city back yard, 

 or, indeed, it may be he is driven to a few feet 

 of earth upon his roof for his gardening, — 

 usually does not have much spare time for 

 such work, even if he has a love for flowers 

 and loves to have them upon his table, but 

 even this circumscribed man may accomplish 

 some remarkable results. If he has a larger 

 garden in the country town or suburb, or if he 

 be fortunate enough to be one of that class of 

 well-to-do people who are learning in the 

 dear school of experience that, with all its 

 splendid attractions, the city palace is sur- 

 passed in interest by the country estate, by 

 so much will the scope be broadened because 



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