The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-14
now IS THE TINE
THAT MANY BURN
INCENSE TO CERES
For in the Spring a Young Mans
Fancy Lightly Turns to the
Cabbage Patch.
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THE AMATEUR GARDENER:
WHO AND WHAT HE is
A Terse and Truthful Statement
Of His Likes and DisIikes,
Pride and Haughtiness.

:; Tnat gay and festive season of the
year has arrived when city dweller
and suburbanite alike indulge in COM
mon or garden work 1t was once
necessary that a segment OF terra
firma adjacent to the house was essen
tial for that man or woman who would
gratify his or her passionate longing
to dig and scatter seedssover the dug
place. With the advent of the roof
garden, the hat-garden-the very
latest thing in ladies' headgear. where
by one grows real fruit. flowers and
vegetables on ones hat-the indoor
garden and many other novelties too
numerous to mention, that limitation
no longer exists.
It is. however. with that best known
variety Of garden-tle outdoor garden
that we are most vitally concerned.
The amateur gardener is q. very sensi-
tive person. particularly If he is smit-
ten with the planting fever FOR the
first time and 1t is just as well that
the rest Of the community be prepared
to make allowances for him. A care
full and exhaustive investigation into
the subject. including a minute study
Of fhaa amateur gardener himself, his
likes and dislikes. his sensitiveness.
his pride and hauehtinass, his hair
trigger temper, his idiosyncrasies, his
crotchets. his whfrns end fantasies and
THE secret source of these attributes,
has Just been completed. which makes
It possible to present at the present
time q few gimple rules which will en-
Shls the non-gardener to recognize the
rardener at q glance and handle him
wttf, f1eurative gloves. Paste these
rules ana suggestions in the hat and
avofd fro1ble ~ refsrrine 70 them fire.,
ouentl7. 3
! A Fesw aDon,tsss
.tpi~stzs4Ii,a x,,,s+Ay,1 s,trfseps,-ss uro,ia
"a A. s,s,,ssf,vA II Inverse enroportiorl TO
tf,e ssjza of HIS sarden. Never say to
~ ,,,.r Who has r. stand In the kitchen
~, that Ia may have a place for his feet
,s,i,i,. =. s,,sl,ea hts nlot from, the win
Se-.r .. sslu7,sra "a, is .t5,e rardey ?p when he
sho,vs ,yo,, t,,a r,ct. s,,ch remarks have
etartsd tends which have decimated
families.
Sscond-The poultry fa1cAr VINO llves
in the vicinity OF a gardener nusL sec
to 1t that all his fowis' even tne neWiy
Matched. are heavily iron and manaciep
hd1fdng the garden season one actlve
cnicken can IN '.ie
work OF a heaitny SUBURBAN lalliiy,
The remark, Pardon me- didn't kno"
you had garden tnougnt you naon :
moved the back yard. l VIII pc more
careful with my chickens ano!ner
year" will only increase your helen-
boris desire to murder, Better ssy
nothing, If you can't think OF some,
thing better,
Third-Never say to the man WIN
mud on his shoes, as he misses ms
morning train by an eyelasn, "ougnt 70
scrape your garden off your feet ana
you can run better" This remark IS
not humorous and only tends to IN
furiate the gardener
FourthLNever throw coio water oa
the enthusiast who shouts. Had my
first mess of radfshes from my own
garden today by remarking, Had
'em from mine a month ago" It only
causes trouble.
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