70 THE PRACTICAL SIDE OF 



Williams, stocks, polyanthus, phlox, carna- 

 tions, delphiniums, lupins, and lilies of 

 the valley. There are many others kept 

 to name and colour, and in particular dwarf 

 and standard roses, and herbaceous plants 

 in fair variety. The grower caters for the 

 many, and in consequence his plants are 

 limited in accordance with their means. 

 Beds in good condition, good seed, and 

 knowledge of their culture, enable him — 

 and in some instances the grower is a 

 lady — to produce flowers by the thousand, 

 and to sell them at moderate, yet paying, 

 prices, with labels attached to each 

 variety, on which are full particulars of 

 their management and cultivation. Experi- 

 ence in the cultivation of annual, biennial, 

 and many other garden plants is not 

 difficult to gain, and in no instance with 

 which we are acquainted can a portion of a 

 Small Holding be planted more advan- 

 tageously. We have been much astonished 

 to find in a simple country garden so 

 many thousand plants of named varieties, 

 still more so to find so many orders filled 

 to the satisfaction of the buyers. Once 

 established, the grower advertises in various 

 papers what plants he has to sell, and it 



