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for when they have fully developed. It may 

 cost you a pang to discard an old favorite, but 

 often it has to be done out of regard for the 

 future welfare of the kinds you feel you must 

 have. If you overstock your garden, it will give 

 you many pangs to see how the plants in it 

 suffer from the effect of crowding. If you can- 

 not have all the good things, have the very best 

 of the list, and try to grow them so well that they 

 will make up in quality for the lack in quantity. 

 I know of a little garden in which but three plants 

 grow, but the owner of them gives them such care 

 that these three plants attract more attention 

 from passers-by than any other garden on that 

 street. 



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Be methodical in your garden-work. Keep 

 watch of everything, and when you see some- 

 thing that needs doing, do it. And do it well. 

 One secret of success in gardening is in doing 

 everything as if it was the one thing to be done. 

 Slight nothing. 



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For vines that do not grow thick enough to 

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