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MUCH IN LITTLE. 
The gift of knowing how to make the most of a small 
space, and of one’s belongings generally, is particularly 
useful in all sorts of gardening operations, and an inexpe¬ 
rienced beginner who has mastered this point is well on the 
road to success. A garden limit that is counted by rods 
can be made to do wonders with good management. 
Nearly every owner of a suburban home, according to 
an old newspaper scrap, can enjoy the luxury of a choice 
fruit garden. If our laboring population appreciated the 
pleasure and comfort of such a garden, there are very few 
of this class, who own their homesteads, who would not 
hare them. A garden seventy-five by fifty feet may be 
made to furnish an ordinary family nearly all the choice 
fruits in their season. In a space of this size may be set 
twelve standard pears, nine dwarf pears, six plum, ten dwarf 
apples, five peach-trees, six quince, six grape-vines, twelve 
gooseberries and currants, a fine bed of asparagus and one 
of strawberries, besides the various garden vegetables re¬ 
quired by a family. 
Such a garden, when once planted and provided with 
suitable walks, may be easily cultivated in the ordinary 
leisure of the morning and evening during the spring and 
summer months. With good tillage and careful pruning, 
the reward will in a few seasons be ample. 
Many modest experiments can be successfully tried by 
