...effects of it are always destructive ; so that it must always be a maxim of national wisdom, " lie who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, has done more for mankind than the victor of a hundred battles." And yet Providence, accustomed to...

...Masons. — Carpenters. — Deserters. — The gaol-birds. — Prospects of Italy. IT is said that the man who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, is a benefactor to mankind. What then do you, reader, think of one who made grass to grow on the land...

...the discoverer, and to change the face of our social and industrial life. It has been said that he who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before is a benefactor to his species. The truth of this statement is easily proved. Take the single example...

...and the yield per acre, in many instances, cannot be very considerably altered. It has been said that the man who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, is to be looked upon as a public benefactor. And so he is. And we may, regarding this as the enunciation...

...give some idea of the vast amount of expense the cultivator exposes himself to. It has been said that the man who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before is a benefactor to his country ; but Paterson has done more than that. Regardless of cost, at the almost...

...calling, and persuade every one to love and practice this fine art. If that man is a public benefactor who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, much more so is he who pours around our homes the beauties of fruits, vegetables and flowers. Who teaches...

...calling, and persuade every one to love and practice this fine art. If that man is a public benefactor who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, much more so is he who pours around our homes the beauties of fruits, vegetables and flowers. Who teaches...

...the envy or criticisms of some pigmy cynic who lives only for himself. It has been said that ' ' he who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, is a benefactor." There is certainly solid philosophy in the declaration, and the deduction should...

...something of what can be effected in this region in the way of forest culture. If he is a benefactor who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, how much greater benefactors are they, the influence of whose example will, in a few years at the most,...

...developing intellect, the growing amenities, and the material increase in possessions of his patrons. If he who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, is a benefactor of the race, as true political economy teaches, then how much more is he a factor in...