SEPTEMBER 203 



sides, the edges of the wood, the marshes, and 

 men's limited gardens may all take what they 

 will. There is enough for all, and it is a pretty 

 greed that makes the whole world open its 

 arms to be filled. The sun shines down with 

 redoubled glory because of the floods of sun- 

 colour he sees below, and his happiness is like 

 that of an earthly father who loves to see his 

 own likeness in the faces of his sons. 



More and more, it is to be hoped, gardeners 

 will specialise, and more and more the garden 

 will be as carefully considered as if it were a 

 picture, in which every bit of colour must tell 

 not only of itself, but of the harmony of the 

 whole. People will think ; will choose ; will 

 reject. Everything will have its meaning 

 and the result will be, ah ! what will it not 

 be? 



A yellow garden would be the easiest of all 

 gardens to arrange, since Nature has made more 

 of her experiments with that colour than with 

 any other, and the plants which bear yellow 

 flowers are far more robust and easily entreated 

 than those whose blossomings are pink or 

 white or blue. It could be made to be a joy 

 while March winds are blowing, and a greater 



