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rather let our suggestions be so practical that every hour’s labor 
shall bring its reward, and every dollar invested shall bring us a 
dollar’s worth of good. In villages our space must be limited, but 
one of the pleasures will be to show how much can be accomplished 
even on a square rod; and if all is neatly and seasonably done, we 
shall be surprised at the variety and quantity of the luxuries pro¬ 
duced. • 
On our farms, let the garden be a generous acre, the warmest 
and best we have, deeply worked and liberally enriched; securely 
fenced from all the quadrupeds and bipeds that may be tempted by 
its treasures. Let its arrangement be such as to admit of free use 
of horse and cultivators; then let it be fully occupied with all the 
good things that can be successfully grown in it, each being the 
best of its kind, and so managed as to be early in its season. The 
zest and pleasure of all depend upon having everything well done 
and promptly on time; and what is better, the labor and expense 
is less when so done. Who shall estimate the cash value and es¬ 
pecially the health value of the table bountifully supplied with a 
full assortment of crisp, juicy vegetables, and with a succession of 
small fruits throughout the season? Depend upon it, this acre is 
the most profitable and valuable acre of the farm. 
Trees, majestic in size, beautiful in form, gorgeous in rich bloom 
and foliage, giving cool and grateful shade, standing on velvety green 
lawns, on which are groups of flowering shrubs and beds of her¬ 
baceous plants and bulbs, these make a dream almost equal to 
fairy-land, and yet not difficult to realize. In no other clime can 
we so easily and so perfectly make the lawn with its carpet of 
green; nowhere else does it remain in such perfection from early 
spring to latest autumn. 
The elms, maples and lindens grown thereon may bo less gorge¬ 
ous than trees of southern growth, but the mind that could criticise 
or find fault with them must be sadly out of tune. Our evergreens 
range from the majestic spruce to the dwarf arborvita^ and juniper; 
and in color, from the Hght green of the white pine to the balsam 
and red cedar, all perfectly at home and of easy culture. 
Choice flowering shrubs are abundant, and the finest roses, her¬ 
baceous plants and bulbs are only limited by the time and money 
we choose to invest. What, then, shall hinder us from working 
out this creation of beauty, each in his own home, and in accord¬ 
ance with the room and means at his command? 
