^ there are so many new roses and 

 ' other flowers to test, so many new hybrid 

 plants and shrubs to plan for, to study, and 

 watch over, and the thrill and enjoyment their 

 care and development gives us during their first 

 summer in our gardens, amply repays us for all 

 the little worries. 



I love to slip out alone and study and criticise, 

 and revel in my garden when the moon makes it 

 her playground. I can understand "Elizabeth in 

 Her German Garden" doing this very thing, for 

 our gardens are always the loveliest, the most 

 alluring, the most enchanting and the most be- 

 witching by moonlight. 



IN THE ROSE GARDEN WAS ORIGINALLY DELIVERED AS ONE OF A SERIES OF THREE INTIMATE GARDEN 

 talks" given AT THE COLONY CLUB, NEW YORK, ON MARCH TWENTY-SECOND, 1917, FOR THE BENEFIT 

 OF THE "international CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE." 



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