NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE 
created, presenting certain features which this 
particular flower never before possessed, is not 
only something for mutual pleasure but a 
distinct floral triumph. It may be, indeed, 
you have set the pace for the whole world. 
But crossing old plants or creating new ones 
is not child’s play. To do it successfully 
requires intelligent effort, the highest judg- 
ment, the soundest common sense, patience of 
no ordinary type. The man who has a small 
plot of ground,—it may be only a few square 
feet of ground in a cooped - up city back yard, 
or, indeed, it may be he is driven to a few feet 
of earth upon his roof for his gardening,— 
usually does not have much spare time for 
such work, even if he has a love for flowers 
and loves to have them upon his table, but 
even this circumscribed man may accomplish 
some remarkable results. If he has a larger 
garden in the country town or suburb, or if he 
be fortunate enough to be one of that class of 
well-to-do people who are learning in the 
dear school of experience that, with all its 
splendid attractions, the city palace is sur- 
passed in interest by the country estate, by 
so much will the scope be broadened because 
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