Let's do a word puzzle à la ishareflowers. Fill in the blanks to reveal a famous quote about gardeners, and it's author. Each player may guess just one letter per day, likewise each player may make one guess per day. The first person to guess the quote verbatim and identify the author wins. The winner will receive 10 freshly collected seeds of Gossypium "Red Beauty".
I'll start off by giving up the letter k.
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