A GARDENER lives in the future ; he is planting 

 i * for years to come, and what dear conspirators 

 the flowers are to make him forget the aging face of 

 Time. 



Many people do not have perennials in their gar- 

 dens because of a mistaken idea of the slowness of 

 their growth. There is really only one year of over- 

 ture and waiting when biennials and perennials are 

 planted, and a garden once begun continues itself in- 

 definitely, by self-seeding and root doubling; so in a 

 few years it is not a question of enlarging one's flower 

 possessions but of finding space enough to accommo- 

 date the ever increasing floral army. 



It is a fortunate sign when anyone mingles the 



ephemeral sphere of annuals with the abiding one of 



perennials, roses, shrubs and fruit, for it means they 



have taken root themselves in the new home soil, hav- 



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