. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. really could haveformed no adequate idea of how greatly the littlehurried notes were appreciated by our fiftythousand readers and ourselves. We hope thiscourse will not only be kept up, but will greatly increase. We want to hear from thousands ofour reader who never yet have sent us a contri-bution. In these long evenings it is a good timeto recall some improvement you have adoptedduring the past season in your gardening, and towrite about it for our columns. Remember this:we care not
. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. really could haveformed no adequate idea of how greatly the littlehurried notes were appreciated by our fiftythousand readers and ourselves. We hope thiscourse will not only be kept up, but will greatly increase. We want to hear from thousands ofour reader who never yet have sent us a contri-bution. In these long evenings it is a good timeto recall some improvement you have adoptedduring the past season in your gardening, and towrite about it for our columns. Remember this:we care not a fig for fine writing, plain, commonstatements are good enough for us. There isnot a reader of our vast number that could notwrite acceptably for these columns. Our editorsare here to help any one who might desireto have their notes improved. Let those nowwrite who never wrote before, and those whoalway write, now write the more. Alphonse Karr the famous French author whorecently died in his 83d year, was like so manyauthors and statesmen, a successful amateurgardener who had a great passion tor Fifl. 2. A Convenient Cold Oreenhnuse. See page flowers and natural objects. In one of his booksthe Voyage he laments in somewhat envioustones the good fortune of one of his friends, whowas about starting for a lengthened trip inforeign lands, with a view of studying theirfeatures, their people, their products, theirmode of government, and the like. Scarcelyhowever, does the author set foot in his owngarden than his despondency and envy garden to him a kingdom is, and he goes onin gossiping mood to describe its inhabitants andtheir manners and customs, and finally makesout a very good case for himself as against histravel-seeking friend. In the most pleasant andagreeable of strains, he discourses about plants,and insects, and shows how one need not set footbeyond the limits of ones own domain to realiseas much pleasure as can be obtained fromforeign travel. The good
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