THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



King's prize for orchids at the London show, and 

 who, at the Royal Horticultural Society's dinner 

 later, deprecated the great praise given him, say- 

 ing that his friend Mr, Alexander deserved most 

 of the credit. Mr. Farquhar met him the next 

 day and complimented him on that portion of his 

 speech. Sir George said: 'He is my friend; I 

 never think of him otherwise.' The point of this 

 illustration lies in the fact that Mr. Alexander is 

 the baron's gardener; but the baron never thought 

 of referring to that fact in his speech. He spoke 

 of him as his friend." 



This, more remarkable where class distinctions 

 are rigorously observed, has timely bearing upon 

 the relations of master and man in our country 

 too. But here consideration and respect are not 

 always lacking. One of my friends, an indefati- 

 gable worker on her own place, with her gardener, 

 had spent the months of August, September, and 

 October in rearranging much of the tree and shrub 

 planting on her large place, moving hundreds of 

 coniferous subjects in that time. Through all the 

 arduous work — and who does not know the nerv- 

 ous strain upon those who dig and lift, and those 

 who watch with interest, while an evergreen 

 travels from one spot to another ? — through all 



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