32 MY GARDEN ACCOUNTED FOR. 



are inclined to " sport," digress. Strawberries 

 and string-beans are by no means always logical 

 and consecutive, and as I draw the inspiration 

 of these pages from Nature, lay the blame where 

 it belongs. 



But I will immediately step back into the line 

 of succession the only place for a clergyman, 

 according to the view of some. 



Having thus observed that the loving care of 

 a garden, even though it consist of only a 

 cracked teapot, with a struggling plant, such as 

 I have seen under the eaves of a tall tenement- 

 house, is so conducive to health and happiness, 

 and beneficial to character, I determined that 

 whenever opportunity offered, a garden should 

 be a part of my experience. A will usually 

 finds a way, and even during the horror of our 

 civil war, while chaplain at the Fort Monroe 

 hospitals, I had a chance to indulge my bent to 

 some good purpose. The surgeon in charge 



