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It was now October, and he threw himself with almost feverish energy into the garden-work belonging to that month. There were potted carnations to be removed into warmth and shelter, hyacinths and tulips for the spring bloom to be planted in different beds, roses and honeysuckles to be carefully and scientifically pruned, and dead leaves to be plucked off everywhere.
Let me say, just here, that the person who attempts what, for want of a better name, might be called pictorial gardening, is wise if he selects a rather simple pattern, especially at the outset of his career in this phase of garden-work.
"There are patent contrivances for garden-work," said John Gayther, "and I don't say that they don't help, especially in planting-time; but, like the captain, I prefer the old ways that bring the gardener and the earth close together. The old, simple instruments seem like friends.
Didn't Admiral Parkins and the other magistrates say that they would rather send his master to prison than him, if they had the power?" "Yes; but he has done his prison now, and the pressing business is to keep him from going altogether to the deuce. I want him to have a good meal of meat three or four times a week, and light garden-work all he is fit for now. And then we shall see what next."
If you cannot have all the good things, have the very best of the list, and try to grow them so well that they will make up in quality for the lack in quantity. I know of a little garden in which but three plants grow, but the owner of them gives them such care that these three plants attract more attention from passers-by than any other garden on that street. Be methodical in your garden-work.
Companionship in the garden-work will secure this opportunity in a natural way. It is only by going into the country that sufficient land for a simple house with yard in front and garden in the rear the ideal English home can be had. There will be a sacrifice of some of the things the city gives, but a compromise is the only possible outcome of many claims.
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