THE PLEASURES OF GARDENING 19 



to call in to your aid the extraneous assistance of a staff of skilled 

 craftsmen. In the latter event you will at least be in a position 

 to criticise and correct the operations of the professional gardener. 

 But if you have health and strength, fortified by the knowledge 

 that comes by experience, you will seek to cultivate your own 

 garden with your own hand. Thus and only thus will you reap 

 the full measure of enjoyment that can be wrested from it. 



