D ON’T say to those who 
come to see your garden: 
‘ Ah, you should have been 
here last week ; I have never 
seen such a blaze of colour. 
Now, of course, everything is 
over ; ’ or (knowing they are 
just going abroad), ‘ If you 
could only come in a fort- 
night’s time, I should really 
have something lovely to 
show you.’ 
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