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morning-glory, scarlet runners, or other light-minded 

 climbing plants. 



A handful of earth in sunshine and rain may be the 

 cradle of violets, of the rose of a hundred leaves, or of 

 the fruitful corn. What then are the possibilities of 

 a garden*? 



"O universal Mother, who dost keep 

 From everlasting thy foundations deep, 

 Eldest of things, Great Earth, I sing to thee." 



