MY GARDEN This is a very plain little flower, this Sweet 

 OF DREAMS Mignonette, and yet it is one of the most uni- 

 versally loved of flowers. Its name means 

 "little darling." 



What is it in this plain little flower that 

 makes it so universally loved ? 



This question opens up one of the most in- 

 teresting and instructive lessons that the gar- 

 den has to teach. 



Did you ever stop to think how much the 

 common flowers, those that are the lowly 

 among the flowers, contribute to the beauty 

 of the garden? How much of the grace 

 and charm of the whole effect is due to 

 them? 



Make a list of the flowers in the most beau- 

 tiful garden you have ever seen, and see how 

 many of them are of the small and even plain 

 kinds as compared with thestrikingand stately. 

 Note which of the flowers have most surely 

 found a place in our garden of remembrance. 

 Recall those we loved most as children and 

 have most intimately twined themselves about 

 our lives as memories. Recite the old flower 

 names and think of the associations that clus- 



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