laxation. We can do in a garden the thin^ for 

 which all of us were intended, and that is create 

 beauty. 



Above all we have a right to be frankly ourselves 

 in our own home surroundings, and the less the per- 

 sonal garden suggests the professional perfection, the 

 more does it hold of loving intimacy. Leave the 

 public parks to attain the " icily regular, splendidly 

 null." I've seen many things in famous gardens 

 which I could admire tremendously as belonging to 

 someone else yet never covet for myself. There is 

 one garden I know that has all the paths made of 

 grass — grass so perfect a dandelion would not dare 

 creep in. The effect is beautiful and makes the walk- 

 ing very comfortable and soft to the feet, but I could 

 never have grass paths because I am the gardener, 

 and the perpetual use of the lawn mower required is 

 prohibitive. 



Then, too, our garden is not at all a show place, 

 it is merely a happiness garden, and to keep it so 

 I must never introduce features which would shortly 

 transform it into a burden. 



There are many parts of our wilderness which can 

 only claim accidental charm, for I have a foolish 

 habit of being grateful for any and every kind of 



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