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All hate the rank society of weeds, 

 Noisome, and ever greedy to exhaust 

 The impoverished earth; an overbearing race, 

 That, like the multitude made faction-mad. 

 Disturb good order, and degrade true worth. 



Cowper: The Task. 



Oh, Adam was a gardener, and the God who made him sees 

 That half a proper gardener's work is done upon his knees. 

 So, when your work is finished, you can wash your hands and pray 

 For the Glory of the Garden, that it may not pass away; 

 And the Glory of the Garden, it shall never pass away. 



Kipling: The Glory of The Garden. 



For best results, after growth starts in the spring 

 water should be supplied, in moderation (see under 

 Diseases in Chapter VIII), up to and immediately 

 following flowering, unless the soil is naturally moist. 

 And, generally, it will be found beneficial to furnish 

 moisture during the whole of the dry summer season 

 also. 



As Hesiod sings, spread water o'er thy field. 

 And a most just and glad increase 'twill yield. 



Denham: Of Justice. 



Fertilizers. — An annual application of a little lime 

 will be beneficial — half a pint of powdered slacked lime, 

 or double that quantity of pulverized old mortar or 



