FERTILIZERS AND PLANT REMEDIES 



She should herself decide what she wishes to 

 have planted, and where and how. If a gar- 

 den is in charge of a professional gardener, 

 he will generally do that which is being done 

 by the other men of his kind in the neigh- 

 borhood, so that the garden will be like any 

 one of a dozen. By taking this personal 

 interest in her garden the owner's health will 

 be greatly benefited, she will maintain her 

 activity and, above all, there will be an added 

 interest in life. The more time and thought 

 we spend upon our gardens and our plants, 

 the dearer they will become, and because of 

 this constant contact with nature, though 

 our years may be many, we cannot grow old 

 because of the eternal Spring that reigns in 

 our hearts. 



"A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot. 

 Rose plot, fringed pool, ferned grot ; 

 The veriest school of peace. 

 And yet the fool contends that God is not. 

 Not God in gardens when the eve is cool ! 

 Nay, but I have a sign; 

 'Tis very sure God walks in mine." 



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