41 THE 



SOIL 



Unless you want to grow pears and pliims— 

 which thrive in clayey soil — ^break up the clayey 

 earth and improve its texture in every way. 

 Your garden will repay you, and you won't 

 go about denouncing those who have written 

 books about the possibilities of smaU areas as 

 wilful deceivers of the guileless and unwary. 

 Get it firmly fixed in your mind to start with, 

 that, if your garden does not yield adequate 

 returns upon your labor, the fault is yours. 

 You are working unintelligently, and deserve 

 no more than you are getting. To know your 

 soil is to be able to give it the treatment it 

 needs to make it fruitful. 



