MY GARDEN takes note of this and is constantly cover- 

 OF DREAMS j n g Qver an( j beautifying her ugly spots. She 

 covers her marshes with mosses and her dead 

 tree-trunks with vines. The old mother is 

 constantly putting beautiful garments over 

 the nakedness of her children. 



The mind that dwells upon the under side 

 of things may do so in the name of realism and 

 truth, but has departed from Nature's method. 

 Nature has processes that are unpleasant to 

 see, but she conducts them much in secret. 

 The decay, the ferment, these she hides, yet 

 out of them she produces new life and beauty. 

 She has made out of the ruins of a hemlock a 

 garden of orchids. 



Nature teaches us to appreciate the spiritual 

 value of the enclosed garden, for the enclosed 

 garden symbolizes that institution that con- 

 serves and fosters the clean things of life. It 

 connects one with the great life-supporting 

 currents of the universe, and yet so separates 

 one's portion of the world as to make of it a 

 home. It is this deep sense of home that is the 

 most real and most vital part of our joy in 

 gardens. The garden stands for the home. It 



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