THE GARDEN PRIMER 



hensive title — and all things considered, it is probably 

 fortunate that this is so. One cannot but feel that the 

 garden would suffer if it were otherwise, for the subject 

 is absorbing, once it is undertaken — and proportion- 

 ately exacting in the matter of time. 



Common or popular names vary in different parts 

 of the country so greatly that they are absolutely unre- 

 liable. Botanical names, on the contrary, are as fixed 

 as the laws of the Medes and Persians; they come 

 easy, once you get started; and you can order the 

 thing you want from practically any dealer under the 

 sun and be sure you are getting it right. 



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