UNSPOILT FLOWERS 



The explanation is found in the fact that the florist 

 has not yet succeeded in disturbing the balance of leaf 

 and flower in the most admirable of spring blossoms, 

 consequently its leaves furnish all the ground covering 

 that is necessary. Those of us who live another fifty 

 years may quite conceivably grow Daffodils with giant 

 blossoms and short, puny leaves. Then I should be the 

 first to admit that a ground covering of Forget-me-not 

 would make a most attractive bed. But should I not 

 be able to point out that once upon a time the Daffodil 

 had leaves such as Nature gave it, and then it made 

 a complete planting in itself ? While efforts exercised 

 in an artificial direction have compelled the gardener to 

 hide the bare soil from view with secondary planting 

 and what good gardener would not ? let me plead for 

 the simple planting with unspoilt plants, those that 

 have leaves and flowers in just proportion. 



