GA RDENING BY M YSELF. \ 1 9 



then, but the lesson about little things has 

 never passed away. 



How do you manage in this July weath- 

 er, — sometimes hot, sometimes dry, always 

 uncertain ? How do you get along, when 

 *' the dust groweth into hardness, and the 

 clods cleave fast together," unless you rec- 

 ognize the Lord's hand in it all, and so 

 accept his work ? Easy then it is to wait 

 for ** the small rain, and the great rain of 

 his strength ;" easy even to bear " the treas- 

 ures of the hail," if they come ; well know- 

 ing that the " clouds are numbered in wis- 

 dom." 



It is not an unmixed pleasure to go over 

 your garden, even in the best of weather. 

 Some blanks will be there, in spite of every- 

 thing. For instance, this year asters and 

 phlox and gilliflowers — three of my especial 

 pets — have been in the dumps, and not dis- 

 posed to grow. I planted them out when 

 too small (don't do that), and then was oblig- 

 ed to leave them to look after themselves, 

 (also not to be done, if you can help it). 



