Roe, Edward Payson, 1838-1888 / 2008-07-11 00:00:00

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THE HOME ACRE
E. P. ROE



CONTENTS
CHAPTER I TREE-PLANTING
CHAPTER II FRUIT-TREES AND GRASS
CHAPTER III THE GARDEN
CHAPTER IV THE VINEYARD AND ORCHARD
CHAPTER V THE RASPBERRY
CHAPTER VI THE CURRANT
CHAPTER VII STRAWBERRIES
CHAPTER VIII THE KITCHEN-GARDEN
CHAPTER IX THE KITCHEN-GARDEN (Concluded)


CHAPTER I
TREE-PLANTING

Land hunger is so general that it may be regarded as a natural
craving. Artificial modes of life, it is true, can destroy it, but
it is apt to reassert itself in later generations. To tens of
thousands of bread-winners in cities a country home is the dream
of the future, the crown and reward of their life-toil. Increasing
numbers are taking what would seem to be the wiser course, and are
combining rural pleasures and advantages with their business. As
the questions of rapid transit are solved, the welfare of children
will turn the scale more and more often against the conventional
city house or flat. A home CAN be created in rented dwellings and
apartments; but a home for which we have the deed, a cottage
surrounded by trees, flowers, lawn, and garden, is the refuge
which best satisfies the heart.
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