r I iHERE are some phrases which carry magic in 

 * their sound, a magic which cannot be explained 

 by mere logic, and the greatest of these phrases is, 

 " Let's make a garden." It has a " Merry Christ- 

 mas," " Hurrah for the Fourth of July " tinkle of joy. 



The instinct to mingle with the soil evidences itself 

 in the mud pie stage of childhood; as we grow older 

 we merely make many more, and much more beauti- 

 ful mud pies with frosting of perfumed color, and 

 call it Garden. 



No one ever entirely grows up who lives in a gar- 

 den. I feel sure almost all gardeners still believe 

 in Santa Claus ; and as for fairies, was it not in 

 Kensington Gardens that Mr. Barrie discovered all 

 the wonderful facts about Peter Pan? Perhaps it is 

 the help of the Little People that makes gardening 

 so easy for mortals. 



I know many professionals try to scare one with all 

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