A Long Way Round 



agapanthus lilies are stored during the winter : in 

 the summer they stand on the lawn and the court- 

 yards, and delight the gardener by filling his 

 rivals with envy. Always there are complicated 

 seeding processes toward, a mixture of routine 

 and daring experiment. Giant pots of pink 

 geraniums, trained round sticks, which stand on 

 the courtyard in summer, tubs of hydrangeas, early 

 Canterbury bells, and lilies, are carefully nursed 

 in what is called " a cold house " against the 

 ravages of , winter frosts. 



More fruit trees, Jane, but that is a Morella 

 cherry by the garage, and the fruit is for cooking. 



Jane has found something that her English 

 heart can really love. A broad gravel drive flanked 

 on either side by lupin and cranesbill and every 

 kind of cottage flower. On the left is the kitchen 

 garden, and on the right is the front view of the 

 gardener's cottage : a little green door and a 

 window on either side, neat, trim and serviceable, 

 as plain and honest as his cabbages. On a line by 

 the door are aprons and baby-clothes hung out 

 to air, and Jane greets them with a great sigh of 

 relief. It seems that she was Britishly weary of 

 beautiful things and hungering for utility. She 

 was worried by the absence of any kind of cooking 

 or washing or housekeeping, and disliked the 



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