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the small fruits in their season, and a variety of flowering 
shrubs and plants. Decide now upon the number of plants of 
each you will need, and take measures to procure them season¬ 
ably. Old and common varieties will do very well, probably 
give you more of success, and less of disappointment than 
many of the newer kinds. Make a good beginning with these, 
and try others with moderation, increasing the quantity as you 
prove them worthy. Material for quite a start may usually be 
found in the currants, gooseberries or raspberries, standing 
neglected in fence corners and by-places; re-plant these into 
good soil, and cultivate them well, and see how astonished 
they will appear, and how they will astonish you, with large, 
luscious fruit, that you never believed them capable of pro¬ 
ducing. Wilson, Green Prolific and Russell strawberries; 
Miami and Philadelphia raspberries, also Brinkle’s Orange and 
Franconia, with winter protection; White and Red Dutch, 
Cherry, Black Naples, White Grape currants; Houghton 
and American Seedling gooseberries; Concord and Delaware 
grapes; all these you may plant with the assurance that they 
will not disappoint you. You should also plant a dozen or 
more roots of Linneus, Victoria and Mammoth pie-plant, and 
one hundred or more roots of asparagus. One thousand 
strawberries, two hundred raspberries, and one hundred cur¬ 
rants, twenty-five gooseberries, and twenty grapes, will give a 
good supply for any family. If you plant much less you will 
doubtless come short of some things. For easy and thorough 
cultivation it is well to plant all in rows, so as to do most of 
the labor with a horse and cultivator or plow. If it is to be 
done by hand, it is sure to be neglected at times when farm 
work is pressing, and neglect, if not fatal, will destroy most of 
the profit, and all the pleasure. 
The flower department requires but little space, and must 
receive careful hand culture. Our old time friends, the lilacs, 
snowballs, etc., are easily procured, and always grateful for 
the care bestowed upon them. Paeonies, phloxes, dicentras 
and many others, when once planted, need but the simplest 
