SECTION XVI 
THE GIRL SCOUT’S OWN GARDEN 
BY DAVID M. HUNTER 
A Garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! 
Rose plot 
Fringed pool , 
Fernd grot— 
The veriest school 
Of peace; and yet the fool 
Contends that God is not — 
Not God! in gardens! when the eve is cool ? 
Nay, but I have a sign; 
9 Tis very sure God walks in mine. 
— Thomas Edward Brown. 
A very old story tells us that when man was created 
he was put by the Creator into a garden to dress it and 
to keep it. He could not have been put into a better 
place nor could a more honorable and necessary occupa- 
tion have been given to him. No doubt the woman who 
lived in the garden with him aided him in this work. 
Not having a house to care for or dressmaking and 
sewing to do, or cooking to take her attention, there 
was nothing to prevent her from helping in the dressing 
and keeping of the lovely garden. At any rate, that is 
what Milton thought, for he makes Adam speak to Eve 
of “our delightful task to prune these growing plants 
and tend these flowers.” 
Two persons would not need a very large garden, 
and I will commend this early example to the beginner 
in gardening and urge a very small garden to start 
with. For it is well to undertake only what can be 
easily handled or what can be done thoroughly. There 
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