200 A Little Maryland Garden 
vell’s sentiment, ‘‘Two paradises ’t were in 
one, To live in Paradise alone.” 
In another little English book, a slender 
volume very pleasantly written by Henry A. 
Bright, the author wishes he 
could convey to others some little of the delight 
which grows (more certainly than any bud or 
flower) from the possession and management 
of a garden—and thus share with others the 
uncertainty, the risks and chances, which are in 
reality the great charm of gardening. And 
then again, gardening joins itself, in a thousand 
ways, with a thousand associations, to books 
and literature. 
Surely what adds so much to our pleasure, 
and enriches our lives, both with the know- 
ledge of plant life and the enjoyment of 
beautiful things, is worth doing. And I 
must emphasise, too, what for me has been 
the chief charm and the greatest advantage 
of my small garden—its privacy. Within its 
high walls I can dig and hoe without fear of 
criticism, and wear what is most convenient 
for the work without concern. As the feeling 
