A FACTOR IN HOME-MAKING 



garden in which he cultivated all the flowers which he could 

 procure and his means would permit. From the earliest 

 childhood of the son, he was taught to love and cultivate, and 

 to rejoice with intense delight in the rich and varied colorings 

 of the flowers, and in this way were created the tastes and 

 desires which made Linnaeus the first botanist and naturalist 

 of his age. 



Legendry and literature may be taught to your children 

 in the garden. Tell them the pretty story of how Cupid's 

 mother gave the rose its thorns; the tale of the sensitive 

 plant; and point out to them the equipment of the cacti for 

 their strange hard life on the desert ; the lovely human faces 

 filled with the sweetness of remembrance that we find in the 

 pansy bed. Show them the delight of the swift-flying hum- 

 ming-bird in the red and yellow blossoms of the garden, and 

 the sagacity of the oriole in building his nest near the lantana 

 bush — so attractive to the insects upon which the brilliant 

 scamp feeds. Take your little ones into the garden for the 

 story-telling period, and let them make the story out of the 

 suggestive themes about them. With paper and pencil in 

 hand you will be surprised at the rapid development of quick- 

 ness of sight and appreciation of color and form that will 

 creep into the little story written primarily to please mamma, 

 but later perhaps to entertain a larger circle, and, in any 

 event, developing faculties always useful in after life. 



Graceful outlines and beautiful forms have had a new 

 meaning for me since the summer of my fifth year of life, and 

 even now I can see the pretty picture of the hillside and the 



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