PPRECIATION, I have been told, is something 

 we find only in the dictionary. I am apprecia- 

 tive, however, and I would seem not only unap- 

 preciative but it would be ungracious not to make some 

 acknowledgment of the numerous letters and telegrams 

 I have received. I have answered personally as many 

 as possible, and I am taking advantage of the pages of 

 "Our Garden Journal" now to thank, to thank deeply 

 and sincerely, all subscribers who have written me such 

 wonderful letters congratulating me on the first number 

 of " Our Garden Journal." 



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