THE PRACTICAL FLOWER GARDEN 



time of the prophet Isaiah, who speaks of a 

 lodge in a garden of cucumbers, and of 

 Baruch, who says " Hke a scarecrow in a gar- 

 den of cucumber, which keepeth nothing 

 away," must have been a different vegetable 

 from the one we now cultivate under that 

 name. 



We read that " the garden causeth the 

 things that are sown in it to spring forth," 

 and the similes, " as gardens by the river- 

 side," and " like a watered garden," are 

 refreshing mental pictures to those who know 

 the heat and dryness of the East. 



Every garden has its particular charm, 

 and rarely is one to be seen from which we 

 can turn without having gained some new 

 idea of color arrangement, of certain plants 

 in wonderful perfection, or of something 

 which gives delight and inspiration. The 

 little gardens about laborers' cottages, where 

 the few flowers mean so much to the man or 

 woman who cares for them in moments before 

 or after a long day's toil, touch the heart as 



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