EASY ROCK AND WALL GARDENING loi 



quite content in the suburban garden to which they were 

 brought, and in which they thrive and bloom, the red 

 Valerian a special joy to every pussy-cat. 



One plqasing thought may cheer the most disheartened 

 while going through the troubles of making a rockery ; 

 it will be a delicious salve to one's conscience when 

 running away with roots of dainty little plants from wall, 

 or moor, or mountain, either in England or abroad, to 

 know that at home a comfortable shelter is awaiting them 

 where not even the Edelweis need feel the pangs of 

 Heimweh. Flowers we bring home that live and grow 

 are about the pleasantest log-books it is possible to possess. 



" Oh, to what uses shall we put 

 The wild weed-flower that simply blows ? " 



This is what Tennyson says, and the question is easily 

 answered by another : Could it have a better use than to 

 bring happiness to those who dearly love the country and 

 its flowers, but are obliged by stress of circumstance to 

 live their lives in towns ? 



