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in the immediate vicinity of a small town, 

 and in consequence he was compelled to 

 pay a higher price. In this case a know- 

 ledge of the work and a well-selected farm 

 have been followed by success. 



In a second instance the occupier, an 

 experienced gardener, was of necessity com- 

 pelled to buy his land, as it was essential 

 that he should remove the turf for use under 

 glass. It need hardly be mentioned that, 

 with this object in view, grass land could 

 scarcely be rented. Owing to the necessity 

 of spending almost all his capital in the 

 purchase of his holding, this man was com- 

 pelled to choose a plot of three acres four 

 miles from a railway station, land more 

 conveniently situated being too costly for 

 his purse. His intention was to grow plants 

 of two classes — those under glass, which 

 consisted of tomatoes, cucumbers, and roses, 

 while those outside chiefly consisted of roses 

 and fruit. For his purpose, therefore, clay 

 loam was selected, the turf from a large por- 

 tion of the holding being removed as required 

 for the benefit of his glass crops. In this case 

 it was essential to consider the importance 

 of a direct water supply from the main, 

 the cost of the haulage of coal, and the 



