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GARDENS AND THEIR MEANING 
it some animal manure and spade it into the ground ; this 
makes admirable fertilizer. Beware, however, of just one thing : 
do not spade in the seeds that remain hanging on old, dry 
weed stalks. This would bring a harvest of troubles indeed. 
Instead, kindle a bonfire of all such weeds and in good time 
stir in the ashes. Better still, make a large scrap basket of 
ALABAMA’S FUTURE FARMERS ^ 
Stout wire netting. Put it in an out-of-the-way place and, 
when full, set fire to it without removing the scraps. 
Mr. Gladstone thoroughly understood garden economies. 
One day as he was strolling in his garden, so a visitor relates, 
there fluttered across the beds a scrap of paper. He caught 
it adroitly with the tip of his cane and, pressing it into the 
earth, scraped the soil well over it. Such a simple act illus- 
trates the instinct of the true gardener. 
1 These lads have made an expedition to the woods to get leaf mold 
for their garden. 
