GARDENING EXPEDIENTS 



of plants or bulbs. Taking a strip of heavy manila 

 paper twenty -four inches long and four deep, I 

 fold it to open after the manner of those small 

 books of so-called "views" which one can buy 

 at any watering-place here or abroad, making a 

 crease at every two and three-quarters inches, 

 which secures eight pages at once. On each of 

 these pages I paste a sheet of writing-paper torn 

 from a small block of about the size of the page. 

 The book then, with the addition of a gummed 

 label for title affixed to outside of upper cover, is 

 ready for use. The advantage of such a trifle is 

 that by taking each end of the little note-book at 

 once and moving the hands in opposite directions, 

 the whole inner surface of notes lies open at once 

 before one. Each spring and fall I make a fresh 

 book of this type. I find it an immeasurable help 

 where time is precious. Now my bills or invoices 

 may be left indoors instead of proving fluttering 

 anxieties in the garden ! 



Of the httle kneeUng-mat I use, I would like to 

 say one word. It is an oblong mat, dark crimson 

 in color, and is made of nothing more nor less 

 than two thicknesses of woollen-plush covering 

 from an old "Shaker" chair. This mat might 

 in one way be better. Its color might be a bit 



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