. The happy garden . aENDEf. Ah,Sprintf wa-s sent forlass^^Ievd, lis now the blood runs (gold. Hnd man and maid had best be dlad, Before the wond is old. J^ Shropsh/re l&jd. XII Friendly Flowers No gardener can be happy, nor can a garden besuccessful, while flowers are handled unsympathe-tically, regarded as no more than so much colouredmaterial or pigment for the creation of a Philistine and the Ungodly will scoff at anyassertion that flowers have souls, and yet until itis admitted there can be no real or lasting suc-cess in the garden, and certainly happiness willwither there. Da
. The happy garden . aENDEf. Ah,Sprintf wa-s sent forlass^^Ievd, lis now the blood runs (gold. Hnd man and maid had best be dlad, Before the wond is old. J^ Shropsh/re l&jd. XII Friendly Flowers No gardener can be happy, nor can a garden besuccessful, while flowers are handled unsympathe-tically, regarded as no more than so much colouredmaterial or pigment for the creation of a Philistine and the Ungodly will scoff at anyassertion that flowers have souls, and yet until itis admitted there can be no real or lasting suc-cess in the garden, and certainly happiness willwither there. Darwin no more invented or discovered theTheory of Evolution than Buffon did, he made itpopular and impressed it on the general imagina-tion : and yet, so obstinately do old prejudicesand conceits linger and hold currency, that theplain person who wishes to make an assertion offaith that smacks of Pantheism, and shows areverence for dumb creation, must defend himselfwith authority and quote. Therefore, let me takerefuge be
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