VIII 

 AUGUST 



4 Such virtue have my marigolds, 

 Within their stalks enfolde, 

 That Phoebus with his burning beames 

 Cannot their leaves unfolde. 



' The double daisies all in rankes 



About my garden goe, 

 With comelie course of camamile 

 That spreadeth to and fro.' 



Hugh Plat, 1572. 



AUGUST 1 8. How full of charm is the 

 return after absence to a beloved garden ! 

 One comes home rejoicing, to see with a 

 fresh eye each dear tree and each familiar 

 spot of lawn or border, and bringing home 

 stores of pleasant memories with sweet 

 suggestions for new delights to perfect and 

 bring to pass and make one's own another 

 day. 



I note for special use these : A Mande- 



