A GARDEN IN VENICE 



well-swept paths, the close-cut lawns, the borders 

 without a weed, the plants trimmed and staked, 

 all the tidiness that goes to the keeping of an 

 English garden, is seldom found abroad. The 

 Italian garden in Italy means cypresses and ever- 

 greens for borders, with statues and vases of stone 

 or marble, terraces and staircases ; all very lovely 

 things that grow or do without labour; and for 

 flowers, pots. 



These the Italian loves in hundreds, but his 

 poco cur ante ways restrict the number of varieties. 

 A new flower or a choice one cannot keep his 

 continuous attention. I have had many such 

 given me brought by ships from far distant lands. 

 If the new-comers will accommodate themselves 

 to the existing habit of cultivation they live. If 

 they need special attention they die. Why should 

 they want more or less water than the plants 

 become their fellows in the next pots? Why 

 should they demand a temperature more even 

 than the varying degrees of heat and cold that 

 have hitherto sufficed their neighbours' needs? 



And really it does not so much matter to persons 



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