Faults in Gardening 



rise into the region of will and contest 

 with moral evil. Amongst plants there 

 is comparatively little to disturb ; the 

 beauty, if of a lower type, is more gene- 

 rally perfect than anywhere else, and no- 

 where can we find better images of the 

 rest of heaven than in a broad expanse 

 of flowers. I spoke of box-edgings. We 

 used to see these in the little country 

 gardens, with paths of crude earth or 

 gravel. Nowadays it has been discovered 

 that box harbours slugs, and we are be- 

 ginning to have beds with tiled borders, 

 whilst the walks are made of asphalt ! 

 For a pleasure-ground in Dante's Inferno 

 such materials might be suitable. 



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