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the result would be, having had considerable 

 experience with Peonies, but she lacked the cour-< 

 age to say no, and the consequence was that she 

 gave a root to the first applicant, and that made 

 it impossible for her to refuse the second one 

 and those who came after, and from that time to 

 this she has kept giving away " toes," and her 

 plant is a poor little thing to-day, not much 

 larger than when it was first planted, while plants 

 grown from it are large and fine. She wotJdn't 

 mind it so much if her friends were willing to 

 divide their plants with their friends, but they 

 will not do this " for fear of spoiling them." 

 Instead, they send their friends to her. This is a 

 fact, and I presume it can be duplicated in almost 

 every neighborhood. 



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The flower-loving person is, as a general thing, 

 a very generous person, and he takes delight in 

 dividing his plants with others when he can do 

 so without injuring them. He is glad to do this 

 because of his love for flowers, and the pleasure 

 it aff'ords him to get others interested in them and 

 their culture. But there is such a thing as being 

 overgenerous. Our motto should be, " Home's 

 garden first, my neighbor's garden afterward," 



