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residential one, and consequently a good deal of trade 

 has come from the immediate locality. 



A good many people are glad to have their gardens 

 superintended, or to have suggestions about the laying 

 out of their borders. 



I cannot say I have ever found it a very remunerative 

 undertaking; it has certainly been a laborious one, but 

 to me it has been immensely enjoyable. 



Other crops we grow out of doors are gooseberries, 

 raspberries and currants, and large quantities of roots, 

 such as pansies, polyanthus, wall-flower, forget-me-not, 

 for spring bedding. Among the out-of-door flowers for 

 cutting the chief are : narcissi, chrysanthemums, roses, 

 carnations, violets, gypsophila, sweet-peas, marguerites, 

 dahlias, astors, coreopsis, mignonette, gladioli, Spanish iris, 

 paeonies, scabious, alstromoeria, daisies, and many others. 

 We also have a number of herbaceous plants and a good 

 many shrubs to supply retail customers. 



I am, yours faithfully, 



A. Bateson. 



