THOUGHTS ON COTTAGE GARDENS 13 



as has been abundantly proved wherever it has 

 been given a fair trial — to break into the flame 

 which would help, in time, to burn up much of the 

 dross of half-hearted interest in the real work of 

 life that prevails, and the reckless craving for 

 pleasures, often more or less vicious, which is 

 steadily sapping the moral strength of the British 

 race. 



