Excerpt from Western American Alpines There are seven stages in the life of a gardener First, the awakening of the realization that a flower is beautiful; second, the desire to possess flowers; third, the feeling that one must grow them and learn the rudiments of plant-cultivation; fourth, the joy that comes with early success; fifth, the despair when we are defeated by a plant or plants and the know ledge is forced upon us that one life is too short to encompass even a tithe of all there is to know about the ...
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Excerpt from Western American Alpines There are seven stages in the life of a gardener First, the awakening of the realization that a flower is beautiful; second, the desire to possess flowers; third, the feeling that one must grow them and learn the rudiments of plant-cultivation; fourth, the joy that comes with early success; fifth, the despair when we are defeated by a plant or plants and the know ledge is forced upon us that one life is too short to encompass even a tithe of all there is to know about the cultivation of plants; sixth, the decision to follow one particular branch of horticulture; seventh and last, the arrival of the full-grown specialist in that particular branch. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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