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2) from Holland & the high price
they brought & of Fuschias growing
7 ft tall!

Richard also gave from an old
ledger of his grandfather who had
a store in Sandy Spring village in 1824,
some of the prices of groceries &
dry goods & it was interesting
to compare them with what
we are now paying for some.

Mary Tilton's reading was
about weeds which were described
as plants that would
get in the way & the most
hardy & persistent are usually
those that have gone through
a great struggle for existence
and survuved.

Milton Bancroft's contributed
some excellent suggestions for
laying out a garden, expressing
the need for a design in so
doing in order to bring out the
best in the planting. The
paths are of paramount importance, a formal garden
needing grass between the beds
while in an informal one stones
should be used.