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believes the garden was laid out with a view to such 

 an amount, and of course, it is necessary to keep the 

 garden planted. 



On being asked if he could suggest any more 

 economic method of management than that at present 

 pursued he seems at first at a loss ; but being pressed 

 for an answer " would allow forty acres of the land 

 to grow up to wood, and drop the gravel-walks." 



In the event of putting his farm on the market, 

 could the witness hope to secure the original price 

 with the sum for improvements added ? 



The witness has his doubts. 



" Could he realize the original sum, with half the 

 cost of improvements added ? " 



(His farm is within a half-mile of a very lovely 

 and stagnant little town of Berkshire County.) Mr. 

 Heaviside loses his temper and retires, being joined 

 by a young lady in large hoops, who cheers him 

 with the sight of a lovely new carnation, and a 

 charming little assemblage of the new Mathiola 

 JBicornis. 



The next informant is Mr. Limbold, a lithe, wiry 

 gentleman of great self-possession, and a refreshing 

 breeziness of manner. 



He has purchased a farm of fifty acres within 

 three hours of New York ; he spends three months 

 there in mid-summer ; his wife prefers Newport, but 



