ment, for harmony. I have found that most ama- 

 teur gardeners now study harmony very thor- 

 oughly. Last Summer I visited a number of truly 

 beautiful gardens. Some of them great and im- 

 portant, some small and delicately lovely. They 

 were all dreamed of, planned (and some planted) 

 by amateur gardeners. 



I have heard many discussions during the 

 past year as to individual aptitude for becoming a 

 successful amateur gardener. I have met many 

 women who insist they have none of the qualities 

 essential to that end, which reminded me of the 

 subscriber to a "Garden Talk" I gave three years 

 ago, who wrote, "I am not eager to become a 

 gardener, but I am eager to become a *puddler' 

 so please, Mrs. Harde, will you not be most ex- 

 plicit about puddling?" 



In becoming an expert "puddler" (puddling 

 roots in soft mud) this subscriber unconsciously 

 drifted into a real gardener of the practical sort. 



