THE GARDEN PRIMER 



fortunate that this is so. One cannot but feel that the 

 garden would suffer if it were otherwise, for the subject 

 is absorbing, once it is undertaken and proportionately 

 exacting in the matter of time. 



Common or popular names vary in different parts 

 of the country so greatly that they are absolutely unre- 

 liable. Botanical names, on the contrary, are as fixed 

 as the laws of the Medes and Persians, they come easy, 

 once you get started, and you can order the thing 

 you want from almost any dealer under the sun and 

 be sure you are getting it right. 





