BY WAY OF 



you like them will insure success. Those who 



would have flowers because it is the fashion to 



have them may experience a sort of satisfaction 



in the possession of them, but this is a feeling 



utterly unlike the pleasure known to those who 



gTow flowers because they love them. 



***** 



I am not a believer in the " knack " of flower- 

 growing in the sense that some are born with a 

 special ability in that line, or, as some would say, 

 with a gift that way. We often hear it said, 

 " Flowers will grow for her if she just looks at 

 them." This is a wrong conclusion to arrive at 

 in the cases of those who are successful with them. 

 They do something more than simply " look " at 

 their plants. They take intelligent care of them. 

 Some may acquire this ability easier and sooner 

 than others, but it is a " knack " that anyone 

 may attain to who is willing to keep his eyes 

 open, and reason from cause to eff*ect. Don't 

 get the idea that success at plant-growing comes 

 without observation, thought, and work. All 

 the " knack " you need to have is a liking for 

 flowers, and a desire to understand how you can 

 best meet their special requirements. 



In other words, the mil to succeed will find out 



the *way to that result. 



***** 



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