LITTLE GARDENS 



shoots, and It Is prevented from going to seed. 

 Be careful of your grass. It Is the surest and 

 handsomest crop your garden will yield. Flow- 

 ers last for a little and are gone; leaves unfold, 

 flourish, wither and fall, but grass smiles up at 

 the first breath of spring; It often lasts until the 

 beginning of December, and when comes a Janu- 

 ary thaw there It Is, a trifle faded, yet still green, 

 assuring us that winter Is not the seal of death, 

 but only a mask of life. Bright color has Its 

 cheer, and we plan our garden for It, but we 

 prize It as an accent rather than a constancy. 

 The blue of the sky and sea, and the green of 

 the earth, are a delight forever. 



There Is another than esthetic reason for 

 giving a part of the yard to grass ; namely, Mary 

 Ann. It may be that Mary Ann has the same 

 delight In art and nature that other people ought 

 to have, and often don't, but surely no other peo- 

 ple can smash as many porcelains indoors and so 

 many blossoms outdoors. In any given time. I 

 have seen a garden after a single promenade of 

 this virgin, once out and back, that reminded me 

 of a Kansas farm after a cyclone. You would 

 have said that nobody could do the things she 

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