. The violet book . cultivation, muchsoot, lime and careful manuring, the soilis now excellent. It is after misfortunes such as these thatthe unwavering belief of a friend in onesultimate success is of such an immense 97 THE VIOLET BOOK help. Pity disheartens too much, sym-pathy weakens the fibre, advice andcriticism, that are often non-professionaland nearly always given too late, fretand annoy—only steady unswerving faithbraces the mind, puts courage into theheart, gives new vigour to the will, socrowning the endeavour with success. These few lines are especially intendedfor one who, while h
. The violet book . cultivation, muchsoot, lime and careful manuring, the soilis now excellent. It is after misfortunes such as these thatthe unwavering belief of a friend in onesultimate success is of such an immense 97 THE VIOLET BOOK help. Pity disheartens too much, sym-pathy weakens the fibre, advice andcriticism, that are often non-professionaland nearly always given too late, fretand annoy—only steady unswerving faithbraces the mind, puts courage into theheart, gives new vigour to the will, socrowning the endeavour with success. These few lines are especially intendedfor one who, while hearing doubts, criti-cisms and hints of failure for many years,has remained our believing, unwaveringfriend. During the severe winter that fol-lowed, when there was a good dealof snow, we calculated that attendingto the frames alone took five hours ofeach day. In the morning we brushed the snowfrom the covering mats—with the firstgleam of sunshine they were removed andhung up to dry, the lights being carefully98. EXPERIENCES polished, that every ray of sun might bereceived and a Uttle air given. Ourhands were sometimes so cold and numbthat we had to stop and rub each othersto bring back a little life; often they werecut and bleeding. That time the landwas swept by the cold north in the afternoon began the closingand re-covering. When a high wind blewthere was much additional work, as heavyboards had to be laid over the lights andcovers. We have had lights that wereclosely shut down, whirled into the airby a south-west gale and flung to a con-siderable distance. In the cold nightswe made many pilgrimages to see thatall was safe—here a little extra covering ;there more protection required. Whenwe spoke of the weather it was alwaysin relation to the violets—good for themwas good for us—bad for them was badfor us. Though our borders were en-larged we were still doing all the hardwork of the garden, with occasionally thegrooming of the pony, cleaning of trap, 9
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