. Catalogue of grape vines and general nursery stock. Nursery stock New York (State) Fredonia Catalogs; Viticulture Catalogs; Fruit-culture Catalogs; Grapes Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. 22 Lewis Roesch« Nurseryman,. Doubtless you have often observed, as you were passing along the street, houses whose surroundings were so neat and tasty as to attract your special attention. The grading had been well done and is now covered with a closely shaven turf. The walks and drives well located, not numerous, but handy and in easy natural curves. But above all were the
. Catalogue of grape vines and general nursery stock. Nursery stock New York (State) Fredonia Catalogs; Viticulture Catalogs; Fruit-culture Catalogs; Grapes Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. 22 Lewis Roesch« Nurseryman,. Doubtless you have often observed, as you were passing along the street, houses whose surroundings were so neat and tasty as to attract your special attention. The grading had been well done and is now covered with a closely shaven turf. The walks and drives well located, not numerous, but handy and in easy natural curves. But above all were the grand old shade trees, Elms, Maples and Linden. The smaller flowering and weeping trees along the edges, as Magnolias, Laburnums, Thorns, Weeping Birch, Elms, Mulberries, etc. Then there was the flowering shrubbery in the corners and on the inside curves of walks and drivas, just as if the walks were built around them. The Evergreen hedge provides a natural border to the lawn and shuts the view off from the back ground ; and you certainly remember those bright col- ored flowers that showed off so gaily against the dark green of this same hedge. Nor do you forget the climbers on the verandas. Clematis, Roses, or Wisteria. Why, those were the very first that attracted your attention. Living in such a place you could be happy, you feel, but — well, yes, certainly, if you were to buy the place, you would expect to pay roundly for such improvements over what the mere land and buildings were worth. But you consider that this same lot was once bare of everything and that someone had the taste, foresight and ambition to plant the trees and shrubbery, and that the whole outfit probably did not cost over fifty dollars, and perhaps much less, and that you can do the same thing. In this way and by growing fruit and vegetablas in the garden, the city man provides himself with as large a share of the advantages of country life as possible. In view of this, what shall we say of the farmer
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