consciously we realize that our flowers do bring 

 us a message. We know what Bryant says : 

 "To him who in the love of Nature holds 

 Communion with her visibleforms, she speaks 

 A various language ..." 

 Our flowers can speak to us in no language but 

 a sweet one and its message can be no other than 

 one that breathes the brightest hope. They are 

 certainly one of the most joyous forms of visible 

 nature and to the [most sordid mind, the mind 

 most heavily burdened with care, the mind dis- 

 traught by strife or misfortune, their message 

 can be naught but inspiring, refreshing and up- 

 lifting S& 35 



^ On the other hand, to those who do not go to 

 their gardens for surcease from tribulations, those 

 who have not suffered in a crucible of affliction, 

 but, care free, seek them as a matter of pleasure 

 and diversion, the message of their flowers is one 

 that only accentuates the joie de vivre. 

 ^ Feeling and realizing this let all our gardens 

 be what Spenser paints : 



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