Vol. XXXV, No. 2 



The Garden 



MAGAZINE 



April, 1922 



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Arthur G. Eldredge, Photo. 



"MAKE ME OVER, MOTHER APRIL, 



WHEN THE SAP BEGINS TO STIR! 



WHEN THY FLOWERY HAND DELIVERS 



ALL THE MOUNTAIN-PRISONED RIVERS, 



AND THY GREAT HEART BEATS AND QUIVERS 



TO REVIVE THE DAYS THAT WERE, 



MAKE ME OVER, MOTHER APRIL, 



WHEN THE SAP BEGINS TO STIR!" 



Bliss Carman 



The true value of flowering shrubs is unforgettably con- 

 veyed by such masses as these just breaking into blossom 

 under the warming touch of spring suns; here Spiraea Thun- 

 bergii makes bright silhouette on the dark of evergreens 



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