BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA 



In seeking the simpler life which many are now craving, 

 if luxuries are blessings that we could do without, must we 

 count the flower garden a luxury? Not while its beauty 

 is a joy in which others may share, nor when it helps to 

 keep at home our interests which make the real home. 

 There is a luxury that often induces the roaming spirit, 

 and doubtless were there fewer motors there would be 

 still more gardens and incidentally more home life. Yet 

 notwithstanding this temptation to roam, gardens are 

 now on the increase in almost every section of the United 

 States. We have made a brave beginning of which to 

 be justly proud. 



If only we could live in the world more as we live in 

 the garden, what joy and contentment would be brought 

 into the daily life! In the garden hurry and noise are 

 needless, for perfect system can prevail where each plant, 

 each labor has its own especial time, and where haste is 

 a stranger, quiet reigns. It is in the stillness of the green 

 world that we hear the sounds that make for peace and 

 growth. In the garden, too, we labor faithfully, as best 

 we know how, in following rules that promise good results. 

 Then at a certain time we must stand aside, consciously 

 trusting to the source of life to do the rest. With hopeful 

 eyes we watch and wait, while the mysterious unseen spirit 

 brings life into plant and tree. When something goes 

 wrong, how sublime is our cheerful garden philosophy, as 

 smiling we say: "Just wait until we try next year !" And 

 patiently we try again, and ever patiently, sometimes again 



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