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supply of food and water. They must have that 

 sympathy, — that friendship — which enables one 

 to understand them and their needs, and treat 

 them accordingly. This knowledge will come 

 through intuition and from keen, intelligent ob- 

 servation, such as only a real plant-lover will be 

 likely to give. Those who grow plants — or 

 attempt to grow them — simply because their 

 neighbors do so will never bring to their cultiva- 

 tion that careful, conscientious attention which 

 alone can result in success. The idea of growing 

 a flower because " it is the fashion to do so! " 



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It may seem to some who read what I have said 

 above that I do not encourage the cultivation of 

 flowers by the masses. That's a wrong conclu- 

 sion to jump at. I would like to have everybody 

 the owner of a flower-garden. Those who have 

 never attempted the culture of flowers are very 

 likely to develop a love for them of whose exist- 

 ence, of the possibility of which, they had never 

 dreamed. A dormant feeling is kindled into 

 activity by our contact with them. But these 

 persons must begin from a better motive than a 

 desire to have them simply because it is " the 

 style." The desire to succeed with them because 



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