DON’T forget the humble
plants in your garden ;
the wall-flowers, forget-me-
nots, scillas and others, which
can be lifted and forced gently,
just as well as lilacs and
azaleas, to brighten your
rooms in early Spring.

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DON’T be narrow-minded.
Give your neighbour
a bit of that rare plant he
covets, even if there lurks

a tiny hope

that it won’t flourish quite as
well as it has done with you!

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DON’T be frightened of
mixing colours: it is the
hard artificial shades that clash,
but very seldom the soft, melt-
ing ones of Nature.

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DON’T altogether banish
any colours from your
garden: Nature is very cath-
olic, and knows better than
you do.

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DON’T neglect the attrac-
tions of a vista, either
ending in a culminating point,
or vague and mysterious, as in
a copse.

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DON’T give him a free
hand with that weed-
killer, or you may miss the
many joys of the unexpected :
the self-sown double daisy on
the steps, the tiny fern grow-
ing in a chink of the wall, and
the self-invited pink anemone
peeping out of your path
between the bricks.

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DON’T forget that your
garden is your own ;
there is nothing more depress-
ing than a ‘gardener’s garden.’

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DON’T be too depressed
when it rains incessantly
look over your seed cata-
logues, and remember how
good moisture is for your
neighbour’s roots !

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DON’T grumble if the
sun shines persistently
for two or three months, but
bless, praise, and enjoy the
novel sensation !

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