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ening, would affoi-d. Nor is the consideration of its economy a slight one, as 

 the experience of many has testified. A Garden is not by any means a bad 

 Savings Bank. Out-door work, so engaging and so remunerative, must like- 

 wise induce cheerfulness of disposition, and health of body, and must tend to 

 develop that attachment of the citizen to his home, which is one of the strong- 

 est safeguards of society against lawlessness and immorality. 



The horticulturist, whether his operations be extended or limited, will first 

 of all endeavor to assure success by securing the highest improvement of his 

 soil ; and then as the thing of next importance, he will provide himself with the 

 most' reliable and choice selection of Seed, If he fails here, all his time, labor 

 and care will prove abortive. 



The following pages are designed to assure him against the possibility of 

 such a disappointment, and r.re offered as a contribution to the progress of that 

 art of which the poet says : 



" The heaven-taught gardener's skill 



Shall wreath the earth with flowers, 

 While rare and luscious fruits shp.U grow 



As once in Eden R bowers," 



