PRACTICAL PAPERS—HORTICULTURE. 
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planted would in time become proud monuments to tbe mem¬ 
ory of those who planted them. Always remember that in 
horticulture, a spring season lost is a year lost. If the work 
herein laid out is so great as to discourage, don’t give up all, 
but plant something. Half a dozen apples each year will in 
time give you fruit. A single elm, planted by the roadside 
will be a landmark for you in later years. 
Make good use of the knowledge you have. Seek more 
light in horticultural books and papers. Join our horticultu¬ 
ral society; attend its meetings and report your progress. 
Plant trees and encourage others to plant, until the best of ap¬ 
ples are abundant at fifty cents a bushel, strawberries and 
raspberries at six cents a quart, and grapes at five cents a 
pound. Verily that will be a happy time for the poor, and 
bad whiskey and tobacco will have fewer friends than now. 
