(jarde n TaJks.-(f ulltmu,•d from /'a!:t' r .
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lw p ctllt('( out 10 thl'ir tlo\\er' 1
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th''' c~n· wnnlNI to bloom in the eo:
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1 , 111 h(· Ki\'f'll a IC'mperature of eo df'u
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Bt J)<; A'\ I> nur HS.-I•lowf'r l)!>ds
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mav n ,, 1 .
l·lcarcd up, an d Wf• 11 dug, and bulb ... · h 0 . I<:
tulips 1 cr<>d wJ,.
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re I hP)
(' \R:-< n ro,s.· Root(·d la}·cr~
may now br· lift('{!
put in a fr.un~ or thev ra b
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,, 1 th ., 1tt <· ')trawy Jttf'r or fall"n l<'d up for
A~!> OTII.I-.R LtLIP.S ffid\ ~ pro
rll rf'd, pot t r~l. _an~l plunged thf' -.am~ as hyacinth.... -
Ro<.,J s.- 1 hh '" thl" month for planting.
'l RF.F') AND SHRUB<., may br plant~.
.\-.. -'li:'\T i-. onP. of the plants e:-._r.eciall} dedicatf cl
to tht<> month, I thought I would tell "OU h<'r f 1 ••
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natt • ng h. l'>tory.
Pluto wa~ not :1 df'ity to in-;pirc love, e\·,~n in thf'
hrart of h is wife- when, aftrr long waiting, he wa-.
al.;lc to steal on<'. -'lt-n figured him as a dark and
.tngr} god, who llourish~>d a -;taff a" he drovr u'1r 1 1\
spirit to t_hPir. last. abodP-; of gloom.
Pluto '>f'('nt
mo-;t of h ts ttmc 1n the undr·r-world \'Ct h~ did
vi-;it thC' light occa-.;ionalh· and on' on~> of hi ..
. '
t>mE>rging-; hP saw and lovNI th<' nymph :\lintho.
Now h is wi fC', P ro<,crpine. watched him morf'
clo<>ely than h e- km•w, not that she wa~ fond of
him, bu t, bC'ing a woman, she could not endurf' to
dividf' t h<> a ffectionc; o f hf'r lord. Hcncr, at tlv· first
opportu n ity , c;hc rrvrng('d thf' ... tight he had put upon
h('r by tu r ning lwr riva l into a herb, in which
gu is<' c;hE:> loc;t '\Ome outward beauty, yet still
attrac ted m en by her freshnPc;s and fragrance. Of
the sevt> ral variet iPs of mint, the cat mint, or rat-
nip , commends itsel f espcdaltv to the felinP r herb will not onh· makf' C, b tt it<; root.
if <:-hewed. make the most gentle person fier('(' and
qttarr<> lo;ome-quite a thing to know, that.
ThP
rni nt c'\llf"d P ennvroyaJ, wh ich has valuf' in th~>
rm al ma teria medica ~causr it purifi~ the blood,
also d ispcr"es tl('as. and c;mcared on the fac~' Vvith
vast-line nnd tar k~ps o ff mo~quitoes, gnats and
flies. This was used by witcht>c; in a mali~nant
m(.s which the idle man wttl
n~'Vf'r know.
('HAR I RS
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:\1} W ild Gnrde
n.-r( (1 11 :"' 14 ~d jrom J)a .,. -
\\ood , \\'Jth the·
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th rout•h Jt
pur P <·-rrd, late :-.~111·, TJ\ ltltcuu.!
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• \\ ' ' orw of th"
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r<·mem~r.
e rno .. l perf et thing:. to
\\'ith the blur bell
outdo in , onn
h' ldllle the m~ rn httl• t,u\\ ~hp
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.. anot , r 111 thl·t
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J ()11) t;.trh-rn~ .
o \~·r!ll tl;at lthrnmg, ~porttng folk, and lo\'Jllg' lal
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t'} rL~nt Jx.ing
k .I
I h•·i r l.tp.tc , 1 to
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pac "<•u ,tn( 1 JX.htcd
I lul'belb. '1 ~
r enJu)'l_ncnt b long~.;r than th
"1 .tre d1 llctou:. fairy pt'OJ>Ic
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lan~ J,.adi 1
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bt aut • w·
' g to an from thi!'> g-a rdcn of
pink ;,d .t:.l ~'"land I'd with rose:., llli.l:..,n~ uf them
nr 1 w lite. And while )OU could on I) gasp fo;
th eat • the hone) suckle leapt and climbed towanl
~ '>Un. It ••mbrau·d the tret·-.., smothca·d hedg•::.
an tr.nv 1 t·d half-ht'd""'n alon th h h
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c ~at
eagerly
..,oug t bj he• s, who hold high rnrls in its' n~>t~ls
.\nd deepest 10
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n1} m.nd, and pt>rhaps placctt
1 _ug
t:-,t •n Ill) lwMt, and maybe will remain Ion ......... ;
l
~ m'.nlOI')·gardcn, wa ... that wonderful m~'IO~ of
lf'ath~r .tnd. gorsf'.
~~''lutiful at dawn, a mi ... t
.,uftcntng .wuh?ut ,blurnng outhnf' .. , mysterious and
nlm~st enc \\'Jth tb morning musac, a I ght "ind
t~r~,n~ t~~ heather-bell') into a thousand mutf'd
\'JOhns. r~xquisilc at noon, a gold n :.un making :l
wonderful, gloriou ... purple world.
But mo-.t ten-
clr·r, mo<.t lovclr. most -.ilent at E-ve-ntide in the
"dimJh") -li_;;ht," the· wind of the !:>ol.lth' hu ... hing
·• . ~oft lull.tb~. If )OU are a moorl.1nd lover. you
\\tll h.l\~ • nough music to r«'mcmb4>r into <.t<-rnit\ .
·~ h(' gttrd~n i~ ~till th••rc, and I ,..hall go b u k ')on;.-