| Show what a garden should be few words awaken a greater variety of pleas i ing remembrances I 1 and ideas than garden and it its s utterance I 1 strikes a chord that swelling and vibrating vii carries us back to the birthplace birth place of man and thence lingering in the valleys of india climbing the mountains of europe nestling among the glades and parks of england comes to us fraught with mysterious meaning and manifests even here in bare bleak rocky new england how endeared are its associations and ine memories mories to the refined mind Is it wonderful that every mind should feel I 1 ita part of its own nature to love the garden the i birthplace of man and his resort ever for repose pleasure and instruction would any philosophy be far wrong that starting with tile the assumption that god manifestly interferes in the special actions of his children child relf should assert the tle first employment of man and his natural and cod congenial genial one was the gardener were it desirable to prove that division of labor constitutes the welfare of communities that of adam which drove him from the garden of edeo eden would seem an intentional interference of god to prevent all the dwellers on oil the earth being tillers of the suit soil when driven thence and forced to seek their support some of his descendants too lazy to cultivate the I 1 earth would turn to less liborious Libor lAor idus occupations i i and try to substitute the work of the wits for that of the hands it is worthy of notice that amongst the more simple of the civilized nation sall refinement sought its expression in something connected with tile garden if we instance the greeks we cannot luil to remember that pluto plato und and aristotle taught in gardens and that pliny and horace were devotees to its culture and beauty our savior passed his bis most me t trying hours on earth arth e in a garden and all later tinie time men of leisure and refinement devote their first wealth and opportunity to developing some of natures beauties this peculiar tendency of man for such a resort and pleasure could not escape the poets and therefore it is that we find all the amative and lyric poets with some of 0 the epic busing basing much of their claim to attention on tile praises of garden walks aud and pleasures there the tales of love bra are told parties of pleasure planned plana d and executed aud and grave council held and when the place is not notsie specially chally referred to some of its gifts or associations are a the absolute or symbolized medium of courtesy and intercourse were the critic to carefully unthread from the acknowledged hc language of bf love letters an and society all the images and epithets owing their origin to some connection with gardens and flowers he would deprive it of half its ornament the great influence over aver the mind of an association with the beautiful during youth is manifested in tile the lives of all great men inen and it would be almost possible to decide on oil a mans mails general ge character from froin the place where lie he lived and tile the scenery that surrounded him and yet however much the distant scenery may have the more matured mind its effect eft act is not to be col coin r pared with that of tile immediate surroundings of the cradle and homestead upon the more blunt mind of youth can we expect the highest developments from one who struggling youth in a hovel is turned on to the world at some advanced period of life to fight for himself 0 or r to particularize a little more and to select one of our new england farm houses as an example what beneficial influence will that homestead exert upon the finer feelings whery the sole motto is money makes the mare go I 1 or A penny saved is is a pell penny y gained where chete not only thrift is taught but also is seen the dai daiy y practice of storing iu in some stocking end old desk or those dollars a few of which could have tigi the cracks in tile the barn re hung tile door reset tile the decaying fence posts the paling or destroyed the hedge of nettles burdock and wild lettuce that disputes dispute hr the entrance Is Is not that father to blame who by neglecting all outdoor out door ornament has lost all vestiges of beauty and comfort to the homestead so that the growing boy is is ashamed to own that it is his bis home does the son or daughter neglect one bit of house or farm work in order to beautify the front yard train the vine over the window or eradicate tile the weeds from the pathway on the contrary do ave we not all know th that atthe tha ti time ine devoted to such things when once the beginning has been made is between whiles and never missed and have we not ull all seen tile the speaking eye and swelling heart of the child at the gate when passing strangers rs have stopped to notice the farmhouse farm house houseas as empowered embowered ered amidst flowers shrubs and trees its pretty vine clad porch I 1 has ine met the view less often would the lads leave the hale half finished supper of a summer eve for the country store should there be a little weeding warding or tying to do in his sisters garden how p audly he would cull his sunday nosegay for the little girl giri around the corner wid and half chokingly whisper the invitation to fo come and see our garden it is not lot often that are seen in country villages attempts at real gardens it is commonly some stray car corner il er tha annot be used for anything ag else or some bit of border grudgingly spared that is devoted to flowers but wh wherever erver it does exist it sets the example to all I 1 and gives a certain degree of character and elevation to the house to which i it beloli belongs gg in our american homes too much at attention has been paid to tile almighty dollar and tho some few pinks and a a stray rose or two border the front walk most get no further and meet the argument of beauty ac by tile the unanswerable 11 sw rejoinder it wont pay I 1 it wont vont pay payi indeed if measured even in money value it will pay somehow a cou nexion with the cultivation of flowers gives a delicacy and refinement to the most boorish and the more earnest the love for them the more mor i e sure are other refinements and cultivation to follow certainly no one will be found to deny that in america education is of the highest value we all know how difficult it is to induce boys and girls to study chev are too fond of play but teach them thein to love flowers and not only to love them for then their beauty and fragrance but for their relation to all other animated life show th w mysteriously they are formed in the earth and coming up into daylight grow and wax by a hidden power not one whit less mar bellous than that which develops men man and animals show them that it is not only for their particular worth they are to be prized but because I 1 theres never a leaf or a blade too mean to be some happy creatures palace show them that each flower has not its single insect depending upon it for its support and that just as in its weakness and diminutiveness it contributes to the welfare of the animal kingdom so in its strength and might does the oak and also all other trees in this way you yon may arouse their curiosity you may lead them along till they find themselves them selve wrapped enwrapped en in the love and study of natural history and from that how short a step to all otar knowledge for it is not the ground covered so much us the habit gained of application were no further farther benefit obtained than polish of manners few would doubt doicu of the ilia moneyed value of the acquisition for either the mart market F gardener ardener the plowman the shopkeeper shop keeper or professional man mail the one gains most wealth who other things being equal has most refinement of manners in fanning communities how however elier too much work devolves upon the males in ales to permit them to devote a great reat deal of time to gardening or the a arranging ara ng and caring for flowers the most that can Z be expected of them is the doing of the rough work in spring and fall and they the must leave to the females a the a remainder 70 no work can be m more ore consonant with the best beat idea of woman than the culture of flowers and to them all but the heavy part can be left so predominant a thin thing h however ever is ia fashion that but too 0 often many who to 7 desire Z sire to have gardens of own are deterred because they them think it will look strangely to be seen working in them care nothing about looks be assured you get more health strength and looks into the bargain by devoting a portion of each day to flowers than by bending band in over fancy work or devouring the 2 latest n novel whatever is true in the country where like seems to breed like and where because the men mail work in tile the field the women feel that they may not be partakers par takers of any out of door employment 1 I it ii is less leas so in cities and large towns where ver very I 1 many y take the entire charge of their flower gardens during the year except in the spring digging and who bringing to their did aid their usual taste aud and skill seem even to surpass themselves in allrid all rivals ul s of equal advantages I 1 in close in the world of letters with this kind of occupation is is bot bouny botany any that seems of all the sciences to be tile the only one specially adapted to woman for in in it there is is none of the labor of the geologist or the dirt of the chemist but it is is an all investigation of the rarest beauties of nature accompanied with an entire freedom from aiom all that makes learning disagreeable ol offering foring the attractions of sun and fresh air flowers and fruit and at the same ti time rue giving a w width edth and comprehend of mind unsurpassed by any other stud Y we pass most naturally aud and easy horn from tile the garden gaiden darlings to the wild flowers from the idea of them as plants pi ints to their coni lexion with the animal world taking some one great plant as a type they may name and arrange hundreds of others piat before they could know nothing of beyond the fact of their existence and general appearance I 1 in the garden too the tired husbandman may i stroll the days work over and at tile the sanie same time I 1 he rests ins ilia weary limbs refreshes his entire physical man and instructs his mind here too is the favorite playground play ground of childhood and better here by far than amongst the laboring men or by the roadside road side with the idle loWr of the village and when the mother needs c lunge and pleasure after she has laid hild aside broom and duster where better may she turn tier steps than fian into hato paths fringed with roses and lilacs tilt lesnow lesnaw I 1 stopping to lo tram train a broken or struggling flower or revel in the warm warin sunshine and summer breeze thus far the garden has been treated as tho the there is but one kind such is is not the case and it is best to divide it a under different heads first flower and kitchen garden then flower gar 1 deu den into the artificial and natural in in either of which you can have bave flower borders bor deis beds in terms es shrubbery shrub jery vines or tre hisses ac and in close con nevion may be hot houses conservator coil gervato ries nes or mere houses and lawn lawa or yet sim simpler still farmhouse and front feuce fence N E farmer |
