Re: Who said this?

**K* P* <k*@gmail.com>**

Sandie,
I know that's not the quote I saw in the magazine, but it is a similar
sentiment, and the book is charming. I am going to add the quote to my
quotation database. I want to say the quote I am thinking of came from
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), but I can't be sure. At any rate it was
instructive to me to see how a minor change in keyword search produced
different results. I had tried ...farming OR gardening "socially acceptable"
gambling... and didn't get the hit you did.

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Sandie Parrott <RSBirdy@comcast.net> wrote:

> Kathy,
>
> This came up on Google...with a search...who said gardening is the only
> acceptable form of gambling...
>
> The American Flower Garden - Google Books Result
> by Neltje Blanchan, Nellie Blanchan De Graff ... - 1913 - Gardening - 368
> pages
> The more expensive sorts, it is observed, are said to bear the largest,
> handsomest flowers,
> ... Gardening is only a refined form of gambling, after all. ...
> books.google.com/books?id=OmYAAAAAYAAJ...
>
> Hope this helps...
>
> Sandie Parrott
>
> --
Kathy Purdy
Cold Climate Gardening: providing the information you need
to succeed in USDA Hardiness Zones 4 and colder.
http://www.coldclimategardening.com
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