68 MAY 



programme as arranged by the promoters of the 

 festival. The long day drew to its close at last, 

 and I am certain that no one was more relieved 

 than the Vicar w T hen at last the strident concertina 

 and the uncertain fiddle ceased their sound, and 

 lights went out round the green, and the village 

 slept. To-day we may discourse him of any subject 

 in the wide world except revels 



" Crede experto trust one who has tried." 

 He is an ill subject when roused. 



TOMMY SANDFORD 



May 14. There is nothing in gardening that so 

 much demands the eye and hand of the expert as 

 the weeding of borders. I have a fair number of 

 friends to whom I could quite happily trust my 

 children, if I had any, and perhaps two or three to 

 whom I could commit my dogs ; but I cannot at this 

 moment call to mind more than one whom I could 

 without anxiety turn into my borders to weed them. 

 Carelessness is the unpardonable sin surely, because 

 it is the one that is absolutely curable through an 

 effort of will. But it is not only through careless- 

 ness that ruth is done in the flower garden ; there 

 are many little plants known only to the planter 



