A WOMAN^S HARDY GARDEN 



day seeing the ^ ines cover the pergola. 

 The ground slopes gently where this is built, 

 and the first autumn after it was made, it 

 looked, from a little distance, so much like 

 a section of an elevated railroad as to be 

 very depressing. But one must possess imag- 

 ination to be a gardener, and have the abihty 

 to see the garden as it will look " next year." 

 So I refused to see the pergola except as 

 clothed with vines, and in jNIay, with the 

 beautiful racemes of Purple Wistaria hang- 

 ing from e^'cry rafter. 



Patience and perseverance are traits neces- 

 sary to the gardener. One must not be 

 discouraged, but determined to succeed. If 

 a set of plants die, or do not flourish this 

 year, try them again next season, under 

 different conditions, until the difficulties 

 are overcome. 1 have known people who 

 began gardening as a mere pastime when 

 over forty years old, and who have told 

 me what an absorbing interest it had become 

 and how greatly it changed the whole aspect 



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