also may seem to say, "I have been here always." 



We must strive for the best, for the most 

 beautiful of everything, whether it be an old 

 statue, a weathered stone column, an urn, or 

 shrub, rose or tree, plant, bulb, root or seed, let 

 us reflect: is it worthy of my garden? Now and 

 then we see gardens without detail, they are just 

 places where "mixed" flowers are growing, noth- 

 ing to lift up; no individuality, no cunning, no 

 cleverly devised effects and, alas, no spirit or 

 character to wordlessly acclaim: "I am a dream 

 garden, brought into being by a dreamer." 



Why should our gardens and its environs be 

 anything but picturesquely charming and har- 

 monious; have we not everything to make them 

 so? 



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