Garden Philosophy 
autumn-tinted foliage, shrubs, and berries. Such a 
garden is never without its interest. In it there is 
always something to do, something to enjoy doing, 
and, what is more, some results to enjoy. Results, 
too, that are not always attained by choosing the 
newest and most expensive plants, but by selecting 
those that are beautiful without considering whether 
they are rare or not. The spirit that will achieve such 
results is admirably summed up by Tennyson in what 
is certainly not his best poetry, but is sound garden 
philosophy : 
« And I must work through months of toil, 
And years of cultivation, 
Upon my proper patch of soil 
To grow my own plantation. 
I’ll take the showers as they fall, 
T will not vex my bosom: 
Enough if at the end of all 
A little garden blossom.” 
