WHAT 1 KNOW ABOUT GARDENING. 131 



come out so small. There is great pleasure 

 in turning out the brown-jacketed fellows 

 into the sunshine of a royal September day, 

 and seeing them glisten as they lie thickly 

 strewn on the warm soil. Life has few such 

 moments. But then they must be picked 

 up. The picking-up, in this world, is always 

 the unpleasant part of it. 



