250 GARDENING WITH BRAINS 'i? 



Wealthy families that have the landscape gar- 

 dens without the flowers to cultivate personally 

 are, in the words of Mrs. Theodore Thomas, 

 "like those other unfortunates who occupy the 

 opera box night after night without any knowl- 

 edge or appreciation of music." 



But a garden, you might say, is good only 

 half a year. What are the retired rich to do the 

 other six months? Go to California or Florida 

 and have a winter garden! That's infinitely 

 more conducive to longevity than rocking all 

 day on a hotel piazza, bored to death. 



