A GARDEN NOTE-BOOK 



In my interest in this detail, however, so simple, 

 venturesome, and successful, I have forgotten to 

 complete the description of the garden itself. 

 Remember that the centre of this garden has 

 violet, lavender, and white as its only colors: 

 that fine dark-leaved roses spread away from 

 those. Now around all the garden are tall rows 

 of Aconitum Wilsonii, in full stately bloom of 

 purple, of that blue-purple found in old enamels. 

 What went before all these violets and lavenders 

 in this garden I do not know. I am ignorant as 

 to what is to come after. But the picture of 

 quiet beauty left with me on that August day 

 will remain; a sober loveliness, a quiet use of 

 some of the best flowers, a grave harmony of 

 color only to be achieved by those who have 

 loved and studied and sought beauty always. 



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