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Show Se?d catalogs are now being eagerly eager-ly scanned by people- who have ten square feet or more of land iu which 1o make a g irden. One looks with j.i!.l:;nie:l admiration and wonder at the ciiortjii plates ou which flowers, f i tnt aud vegetables of gigantic siz aie alluringly portrayed. Undismayed Undismay-ed by former failures there ia scarcely an amateur gardener but fondly hopes and believes at the budding of each spvingiime, that he h going to raise asters, pansie3, sweet peae, eirawbenies, tomatoes, and every oth er kind of plant that will equal iu sizi and appearance the specimens depicted en colored plates of the catalog. cata-log. Of course he will fail, he will have a sharp realization that there is a great difference between the actual aud lha ideal. But for all that he will get lots of joy and Talua'ole experience ex-perience out of his efforts. He will sometimes eee the aun rise in the morning, which is something very few people do. He will also get an abundance of freah air, a good appetite, appe-tite, better health and a fascinating knowledge of nature as revealed in plant life. Besides this the ideal colored col-ored pictures in the catalogue are after af-ter all a real spur to achievement. |