Garden Philosophy 



autumn-tinted foliage, shrubs, and berries. Such a 

 garden is never without its interest. In it there is 

 always something to do, something to enjoy doing, 

 and, what is more, some results to enjoy. Results, 

 too, that are not always attained by choosing the 

 newest and most expensive plants, but by selecting 

 those that are beautiful without considering whether 

 they are rare or not. The spirit that will achieve such 

 results is admirably summed up by Tennyson in what 

 is certainly not his best poetry, but is sound garden 

 philosophy : 



** And I must work through months of toil, 

 And years of cultivation, 

 Upon my proper patch of soil 

 To grow my own plantation. 

 I'll take the showers as they fall, 

 I will not vex my bosom : 

 Enough if at the end of all 

 A little garden blossom." 



