Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-31

The garden at this time Of year is not
much To look at. compared with It's
| beauty a month ago Besides, garden
! interest Is on It's annual Wane.
! This is a regrettable but necessary
| factor In this great outdoor sport. Jus'
| as foot ball has Its season, and naSe
ball Its own particular time, so garden
! ing claims the months Of March. April
! Nav. June, July, August and September
There NAV be gardening in February
and there may be cosmos and chrysan-
! themumS In bloom i'm October, but Tor
all practical purposes gardening IN TINS
latitude is confined to the seven months
named.
This Is we'll
Too much OF anything Is bad. II
makes no difference whether human be-
ings, flowers or sports are being con-
sidered. Attempts to play foot ball the
wear around lead to nothing but satla-
ton.
II Is a blessing even to the most
ardent gardener. that Autumn and WIN.
ter put chill upon the growing OF
flowers and vegetables If 1t were NOT
for this annual interruption. only few
super-enthusiaSts could retain li!c-
long love for the work which has been
said by some one not to be too low for
the highest, nor too high for the lowest
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The annual hiatus in the pleasant
recreation comes at time when keen
interest has somewhat dWindled simply
through inertia. There is an inertia IN
mental as we'll as in physical activities
It is true that an absence from town
for several weeks will send ono out into
the garden in fever OF activity. but
this is more in the nature of clean
I'D than real garden work.
Something Of zest Is lacking, nor Is
this strange. since. as the ring in the
story had it. Even this shall pass
awav"
There can be no perpetual motion
in gardening any more than In any
other activity engaged in by that most
Unstable OF creatures, man. His very
mind and heart demand change.
No matter how good the book he
reads. he wants a new one. II the
song he hears strikes his fancy as be
ing little lower than that sung by
the angels. yet the time will come
when IL will sound otherwise to his
faded ears. He will call, and rightly,
for something new.
Gardens in climates where there IS
perpetual Springtime needs must nave
resting periods since Nature herself
seems incapable of continuous action
in this regard. She seems TO have
regretted her continuity to the extent
of having instituted resting times, dur
ing which trees and plants repoSe
erandly. as II tired Of their supreme
efforts in the way OF leaves and flowers.
The gardener may we'll take tip
from the Great Mother, leaving the
conduct of the garden from now on
10 the control of mighty and immortal
forces which. after all, do most OF the
work anyway.
About all that any gardener does Is
give his seemingly senselesS plants q
bit of intelligent control. II the wind
and rain bowl a flower over. the
gardener may come and pick IL up.
Often Nature seems strangely incana .
bic OF doing these little tricks for her
children. A plant now and then may
have enough elasticity in Its stalks TO
right itself, but often enough one VIII
he found with no such powers OF re-
bound.
II the gardener will come to its as
sistance the plant will rejoice by grow
ing. and the friend In need viii teet
that he has had a real part In the
napeant of Nature, which spreads our
its interesting panorama no less surety
In a small back yard than along the
mighty canyon Of the Yellowstone
The safety OF the garden is no less
interesting. in It's way, than the iui'