GARDENS PUBLIC AND BOTANICAL 



of plants pored over by dusty scholars, its beds in the 

 " Irish stitch-way," and its entire lack of interest in the 

 flower for the flower's sake. The fact remains that not 

 one of us who plants a bulb or a cutting but owes these 

 ancient botanists thanks, and can spend a pleasant hour 

 or so perusing the quaint old herbals and catalogues 

 which remain as witness of their labor. 



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