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stems, the roots being somewhere between here 

 and China, so that it was a decided case of Plant 

 Labour Lost ! 



It is always nice to have something ahead of one, 

 so I'm putting the bog garden idea away in my 

 desk, catalogue and all, together with that of the 

 shrubs and roses. That is to say, I'm only ordering 

 six crimson ramblers and fifty summer-blooming roses 

 for the sun garden, such as La France, Perle, 

 Augusta Victoria, Malmaison, Coquette de Lyon, 

 Duchess of Edinburgh, Souvenir d'un Ami, Sunset, 

 and Bride. These will give Evan a bud for his but- 

 tonhole after the June roses have gone and before 

 the Margaret carnations grown from seed come in 

 bloom. 



I'm also ordering a dozen or so packets of seeds 

 from the " Yellow Journal" catalogue, merely to settle 

 my mind and prove that they are humbugs. I now 

 have before me the catalogue of my ancestor's firm 

 that has weathered time and sensation; so once 

 again heredity comes to my aid. 



This catalogue I have read and reread many times 

 during the past five days, and I'm quite surprised to 

 find, among the hundreds of species of flower seeds 

 it offers, how comparatively few are needed for the 

 making of my garden, or would be missed by any but 



