Faults in Gardening 



THE pleasure we receive from 

 flowers may be divided into sen- 

 suous and non-sensuous. There 

 is a certain enjoyment felt in rich- 

 ness and variety of colour, in shape and 

 smell, in juiciness, wiriness, softness, hard- 

 ness, sharpness — looking at these qualities 

 for their own sake merely. The scent of 

 the Rose is delicious, even on a hand- 

 kerchief, and altogether independently of 

 its connection with the flower ; and the 

 blue of the Larkspur would charm us on 

 the painter's palette. But so far we please 

 nothing but the sense, we stop at the out- 

 side ; the plant is no more than a bundle 

 of qualities. For true appreciation we 

 must advance beyond this, and think of 

 the plant as a living being — a friend 

 whom we may love, and whose character 

 must be intimately known. We shall 

 wish to learn all we can of it, the time of 

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