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consider whimsical, which prefers good milk to 

 cream, as the latter cloys the palate and destroys 

 the flavour of really fine tea. 



I am glad that there is no possibility of my Gar- 

 den Boke ever falling under the eye of a critic even 

 as comprehensive as Evan, for the question would 

 surely rise, Why so much of domestic affairs in an 

 outdoor annal ? As both in- and out-door life are 

 equal members of the body vital, they must be in 

 perfect harmony to produce that even mental cir- 

 culation known as happiness. The mutual discom- 

 fort of having either state awry is as unsatisfactory 

 as warming one's fingers at a cheerful blaze at the 

 same time that one's feet are in a tub of ice water. 



The garden is en fete these days. In an equable 

 season like this, August is the gala of the spring- 

 sown annuals as well as of many perennials of the 

 hot summer colours. 



Scarlet, and its allied tints, that started with the 

 oriental poppies, is now represented by the vivid 

 nasturtium and geranium hues, shooting its tongue 

 of flame in salvias and gladioli, while the phloxes 

 that outline the long walk are now at their best 

 and run through all the shades of lake and car- 



