A GARDEN NOTE-BOOK 



well-worn "A Garden is a Lovesome Thing" had 

 been omitted from these pages. 



Peter Henderson's book, with its quaintly gay 

 cover, is as welcome a visitor as any of its com- 

 peers. Who does not smile as he looks with each 

 new year upon the pleasant old gentleman in spec- 

 tacles, ever wheeling his barrow full of vegetables ? 

 The reliability of Henderson's seeds has been for 

 years a household word. The frequency of exag- 

 geration of its language is a lapse one forgives for 

 old times' sake; but its pages bristle with such 

 words as "gorgeous, magnificent, showy, indis- 

 pensable, superb," and the appeal of these terms 

 to the seasoned gardener has become somewhat 

 limited. 



Burpee's Annual for 1916 brings with it, to every 

 one who knew of Mr. Bmpee, a sense of almost per- 

 sonal loss in his death in the autumn of 1915. Two 

 fine yoimg sons are now at the head of this great 

 business, which is known first for its remarkable 

 system of trials of seeds, and next for its many 

 introductions of distinct varieties of flowers and 

 vegetables, varieties which have proved their 

 worth. The list has the look of another age, an 

 older period of taste in America, the bright, inevi- 

 table sweet pea upon its cover. The pictures of 



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