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The remedy for this state of things is to get 

 fresh seed, each year, from the men who imder- 

 stand how to grow it to perfection. 



One ought always to keep his shrubs and choice 

 plants labelled so that no mistake can be made as 

 to variety. We may be on speaking terms with 

 the whole Smith family, but we never feel really 

 acquainted with them until we know which is 

 John, or Susan, or William. It ought to be so 

 in our friendship with our plants. Who that loves 

 Roses would be content to speak of La France, 

 and Madame Plantier, and Captain Christy 

 simply as Roses? We must be on such intimate 

 terms with them that each one has a personality 

 of its own for us. Then we know them, and 

 not till then. 



The best label to make use of is a zinc one, be- 

 cause it is almost everlasting, while a wooden one 

 is short lived, and whatever is written on it soon 

 becomes indistinct. 



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In attaching any label to a plant, be careful 

 not to twist the wire with which you attach it so 



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