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doing all of that; yet in the intensive cutivation of my plan, much hoeing, weeding, and some times forking in the thirty inches space between the rows were my share and great delight.

It was an almost daily occupation during the spring months, every seed with rare exceptions was planted or sown by my hands, the gardener finely preparing the soil and opening the rows by [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] lines mathematically straight and I carefully covering the seed I had put in. One year I planted in succession eleven double rows seventy five feet in length - ending the first of May with your marrow fats. Every seed seemed to come up - no lapses in the rows - and beautiful was the effect in color and form of the young plants in their early spring tints, attractive in blooming time too, when  I exclaimed, "the sweetest peas these are!

A central well kept walk leading ^[[South to No.]] from the arched gateway, transversed the width of the garden dividing flowers from vegetables, a few of the latter, peas, carrots and squash, at lower and sharing this plot to the west with the flowers The rows at right angles to the central walk afforded a lovely effect of rays of setting sun on masses of delicately colored iris and peonies ^[[& peas]] with fifty feet of the beautiful dolichos in the back ground, reared on a trellis attached to west fence.
This "hyacinth beau" your catalogue, known in this locality by the popular name of Jack bean, from intensive cultivation produces most beautiful, and desirable