GARDENS PUBLIC AND BOTANICAL 
of plants pored over by dusty scholars, its beds in the 
“ Irish stitch-way,” and its entire lack of interest in the 
flower for the flower’s sake. The fact remains that not 
one of us who plants a bulb or a cutting but owes these 
ancient botanists thanks, and can spend a pleasant hour 
or so perusing the quaint old herbals and catalogues 
which remain as witness of their labor. 
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