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beginnings to go over the task again. They are born 

 promoters of gardening on whom the fact of possession 

 bears heavily, as their temperament bids them be up and 

 doing. The stuff of the pioneer is in their fancy, blazing 

 trails and conquering wildernesses, and living by the 

 temptations of the florists' catalogues. 



We whose hearts cling to places cannot understand 

 their building and leaving, and would pity them. But 

 they do not need our pity in the least, as theirs has been 

 the delight of creating, and in going to pastures new they 

 will taste it again. The indoor garden is a pleasure for 

 the year around, which dwellers of old houses have culti- 

 vated with great success. The latter-day architect seems 

 to have conspired against plants and pictures. It argues 

 ill for his breadth of view, for however artistic in an 

 architectural way a house may be, it will never be a home 

 unless it is prepared to foster human graces. 



It must be more than a noncommittal work of art, 

 more than a shell devoid of worry and distractions, more 

 than a scheme of lines and a color harmony. It should 

 have invitations to draw out gentleness and loveliness, 

 and to lead the mind to pleasant places. Thus wall 

 spaces for pictures and convenient nooks for flowers 

 should be provided, so as freely to exercise their mission 

 of beauty. 



The flower for the window, like the child in the house, 

 is a wellspring of joy. In March it is the preacher of 



