PERENNIALS 



the same flowers. A good gardener, like a 

 great painter, or a fine musician, is always 

 lenient with the failures and shortcomings of 

 the beginner. Knowing too well his own 

 trials and struggles, he can sympathize with 

 and overlook the mistakes of others. It is 

 well, therefore, never to look with a critical 

 eye upon the weeds among another's flowers, 

 lest you should some day become aware of 

 those in your own garden. 



It is, also, always possible to find gardens 

 far more beautiful and more elaborate than 

 our own which we have worked over and 

 dreamed about and which is dear to us, but 

 we can admire and learn from the success of 

 others, and still return with a contented 

 heart to our own little corner of the earth. 



My own garden lies in a long, rather nar- 

 row valley, bounded on either side by ranges 

 of high hills, which we call "mountains." 

 Through the center flows a stream, which 

 still bears its mellifluous Indian name Wa- 

 wayanda, because of its curving, winding 

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