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A SIMPLE FLOWER GARDEN, 



natural, and symmetrica] ; jet, by the aid of these simple 

 directions, no one need to hesitate in making the attempt. 

 Try it, experiment, and practise upon it. With patience 

 and perseverance, success will be eventually reached, and a 

 really artistic bunch of flowers produced. 



THE ARRANGING OF COLORS 



is something each one must learn for herself by practice 

 and study. No space now at command would begin to do 

 justice to the subject. 



A GARDEN A SANITARY MEASURE. 



Here an end must be made to these few horticultural 

 notes. Many things have been omitted. The wardian case 

 has not been alluded to, nor ferns even suggested. A score of 

 flowers that can be cultivated in the parlor, or the garden, 

 have been passed without notice. The object has been to 

 present simple and concise directions, for the care of a few 

 of the more common flowers, and to show that, even with the 

 expenditure of a very small sum of money, flowers can be 

 had in abundance. To conclude, a few words upon the gar- 

 den as a sanitary measure will be in order. 



The labor to be performed, as set forth in these notes, is 

 by no means hard, nor is the needed attention wearisome. 

 Any girl of fourteen, or boy of twelve, might undertake 

 the whole affair, and would doubtless succeed, if possessed 

 of an ordinary amount of pluck. Every young lady, who 



