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A SIMPLE FLOWER GARDEN. 







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Iron rakG with line teeth, .... 



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50 





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50 





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Watering-pot with movable rose, or sprinkler, 



1 



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Ball of twine (shoemaker's linen), 





12 



Bundle of long stakes (laths sawn in two), 





50 



Lot of old newspapers. 









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STOCK. 



The various flowering plants now used by the florists are 

 divided into hardy and tender shrubs, seedling, bedding, 

 green-house, and herbaceous plants, and are called by the 

 general name of stock. Each of these kinds may be still 

 farther divided, and the whole are included in two general 

 classes : the soft-wooded and the hard-wooded plants. 

 The first includes those rapid growing plants whose stems 

 never attain that stiff, riarid form that characterizes our 

 forest trees. To this class belong the geranium, aster, and 

 spirea. The hard-wooded plants grow slowly, and their 

 stems in time stiffen and become solid w^ood, which retains 

 its shape during the life of the plant. To this class belong 

 the azalia, orange, and heath. The importance of the dis- 

 tinction will be made plain when we come to treat of soils 

 for pot plants. 



SHRUBS 



are divided into two classes : Lardy and tender. The 



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