26 EVERSLEY GARDENS 



untouched. We do not possess the climate 

 of Bournemouth, or the earth of South Devon 

 detritus of Red Sandstone, and rich red 

 loam, in which anything short of Coco Palms 

 or Mangosteens will grow. But life's battles 

 sometimes bring triumph of hard-won victory. 

 And with care and thought, a little knowledge, 

 and a great love, we can make our flowers 

 grow and flourish with the best. Believing 

 with the wise Yankee that "it takes all sorts 

 to make a world," the philosophic gardener 

 knows that it takes all sorts to make a garden ; 

 and that even in the " Rubbish heap " we are 

 sure, with a little time and trouble, to find 

 what we need for our flowers and fruit, shrubs 

 and trees. So, when Autumn is upon us, we 

 must prepare for it, as the marrow bed and 

 cucumber frame will by no means suffice for 

 our needs. We therefore lay in a load or two 

 of real peat from a certain hollow in Bramshill 

 Park for the Rhododendrons no manure for 

 them, I earnestly pray ; a few more of finest old 

 leaf-mould from under the oaks and beeches 

 on the Mount; some good road-scrapings 



