THE PRACTICAL FLOWER GARDEN 



which to grow them, to have all the men 

 she needed — really good and efficient men — 

 to cultivate them, and a husband who never 

 grumbled about the amount of manure or 

 fertihzer she used ! 



We who have borne the stress of many- 

 years of gardening are now generally able, 

 when making our spring and autumn lists, 

 to harden our hearts to the temptations 

 offered us in the pages of the catalogues. 

 Of course, we often want everything we see, 

 but are able to keep ourselves within limits. 

 We can sympathize with and understand, 

 however, the difficulty of the young woman 

 who is making her first garden, and know 

 well how she often spends time and money, 

 only to reap disappointment. When she reads 

 in catalogues such descriptions as "Mag- 

 nificent flowers, strong and robust," " A 

 new type of phenomenally robust growth," 

 "Magnificent and indispensable flowering 

 plants," we know how easily she may be 

 misled. 



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