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ZONE'S personal idiosyncrasies are irresistibly 

 ^•^ carried into gardening, therefore directions 

 given by others serve only as a basis or theme for 

 one's own variations. My hotbed is probably unlike 

 any other in looks, and yours — even if you are good 

 enough to read about mine and try to follow my 

 example — will probably be just as distinctive. 



I always love a dress more if it is the reincarna- 

 tion of some one or two defunct gowns. The rem- 

 nant counter is a response to a fundamental need in 

 human nature, feminine human nature — the desire 

 to make something useful out of odds and ends. So 

 with my inherent love of remnants of course my hot- 

 bed was made of odds and ends of old planks saved 

 from the wreckage of a chicken house, and in shape 

 and size the bed had to conform to* the erratic ma- 

 terial. The planks were nice thick ones, two-inch 



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