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"Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends,
Fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."

— C. J. Dennis

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Professional gardeners are usually rather earthy uncommunicative men with a deliberate manner, a slight stoop and the dull-fish-like eye of the confirmed pessimist.

You might grow bored with being good;
And, furthermore, I think you would.

Love is a gamble, an' there ain't no certs.

For many years it has been my habit to divide gardeners into three classes. These are professional gardeners, professional amateur gardeners, and amateur amateur gardeners.

Get a —— move on,
Have some —— sense.
Learn the —— art of
Self de- —— -fence!

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