AD VICE FOR LACKLAND. 



Pomologists and Common People. 



I DO not know that the Horticulturists proper are 

 the best advisers of a man who wishes as so many 

 do in these times to establish his little home in the 

 country, and to make it charming with fruits and 

 flowers, and all manner of green things. I think that 

 the professional tastes or successes of one devoted to 

 Horticulture might lead him into a great many extrav- 

 agances of suggestion, in the entertainment of which, 

 the plain country liver making lamentable failures 

 would lose courage and faith. The Pomologists may 

 indeed say that there is no reason to make failure if 

 their suggestions are followed to the letter, and the 

 proper amount of care bestowed. This may be very 

 true ; but they do not enough consider that nine out 

 of ten who love the country, and its delights of garden 

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