ELEVEN] COME AND SEE MY CABBAGES 
plied a death in the family, inside the year. Let- 
tuce was formerly given to hot-tempered people, to 
help them keep cool; it probably soothed their 
nerves. Saffron, being yellow in its flowers, cured 
jaundice, and cucumbers cured hydrophobia. 
Garden work is suitable for the whole family; for 
the old folk and the women folk, as well as for the 
boys and girls. It is the natural out-of-doors family 
room. It has something to interest every one of the 
household. It is full of beauty and of sweet odors; 
for peas, beans, and even the onions have exquis- 
itely beautiful and delicate flowers. The symbol 
of the garden is the hoe — one of the tools by which 
we have climbed to higher things and to higher life. 
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