122 GARDENING FoR ALL. 
Plums, thinned. 
The cultural details and other information which I have 
attempted to clearly impart, and which I trust may be of 
service to many readers, are based upon over thirty years 
daily practical experience and observation, and of notes and 
memoranda collected in various parts of England trom the 
successful practice of others as well as of my own practice ; 
and I heartily endorse the sentiments recently expressed by 
Mr. Gladstone, who recently. said, ‘‘ There is an immense 
deal to be done in this country by drawing forth the bounty 
of old mother earth. Undoubtedly, the advances of machinery 
had been astonishing, but, as regards garden cultivation and 
small cultivation, there is more room than ever for both 
adding to the store of the beautiful products of nature and 
consolidating the advantages of rural life.” 
Plums, not thinned. 
