VARIETY IN NEWER FLOWERS 75 



Out of the treasury of new things in horticulture, how few 

 have been mentioned here — of how few do I really know; but 

 each hitherto unfamiliar loveliness in plant, flower, shrub and 

 tree leaves the true gardener ever keener, ever more enraptured. 

 Through these he catches a glimpse of what is yet to be in garden 

 beauty, and of what he himself may achieve in adding to that 

 loveliness. For this is no will o' the wisp that we chase in gar- 

 dening; this is a permanent enrichment of all life, and one which 

 we may will to our inheritors, as a possession to charm them 

 throughout their days. 



