Evening star., 1932-05-02

The morning inspection Of the home
! garden is one Of the high spots OF the
| day to the man or woman who enjoys
| working with plants.
Every hour has its garden charm,
| from daybreak to dark, but perhaps
none is quite so enjoyable as that in
| which the dew lies heavy on the grass
and the flowers nod to greet the sun.
A theoretical time, say 7 o'clock.
might be selected, although before or
after will do.
1t is not so much the exact hour
| which counts, as the actual getting out
| into the air, where one can see the
progress made during the night by the
! growing things.
This amusement, which the gardener
alone knows, is at its best at this time
| of the year. In Spring there is more
! development to watch, perhaps, than at
any other time, although there are few
| days during the gardening season when
there is not something doing.
At this time, however, Nature fairly
| outdoes herself. Not only is there the
progress of the grass, but the up
! coming Of seedlings, which were but
seeds yesterday.
There are leaf buds opening on all
| the shrubs and flower buds forming.
EVcIBIcCIAS ScIlQ OuI IleW SLOWI4l. XAOW~
ering trees try to flower, despite the
severe setback which they received at
the hands of tickle weather.
Larger trees put forth their leaves,
and all along the Nature line growing
| things stand at attention, waiting for
the command of continual warm
| weather. 1t is consistent warmth
which Is needed now, even more than
well spaced rains
There can be little doubt that the
annual effort of Nature in clothing the
world with greenery is in response to
| warmth, more than to water or natural
urge. even. Things will grow, even
without water, in many instances, If
they receive enough natural heat.
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There are two classes of people who
get no fun out Of going into the gar
den in the early morning hours. These
| include those who honestly do not like
to work with plants, and those who are
so unfortunate as not to live with some
one who does. If one actually does
not know how TO handle flowers, and
is even afraid Of them, in sense, one
will not know enough about them to
recognize the changes in them, day by
day. Hence one will miss the drama
VI IllcI BIOWlLl, LLlIlllIlS spectacle
to the garden-minded always.
If one is not Of this temperament by
nature, nevertheless he may come to
share 1t, in time, with some one who
is Intellectual curiosity. in this world,
Is a most excellent substitute. 1t will
permit one to enjoy yachting who never
sets foot off dry land. 1t will take one
on visit to the stars, by way of rome
real astronomers telescope. It puts one
/ into places he could not otherwise visit,
and enables him to know what he could
not otherwise know.
Intellectual curioSity-which must not
be confused with mere curiosity-will
enable a man or woman who is not
by nature a gardener to be one, never
theless If this Is difficult to under
stand, it is not at all difficult to achieve
All one has to do Is to know a real
gardener, one of these persons who in
stinctively loves to handle plants. Usual
ly such a person is able to make them
grow, too, even if not always success
full with cuttings" The growth of
these cuttings" from shrubs, including
roses, is mystery in the gardening
| world There can be little doubt that
they will do well for certain gardeners
and not put forth a root for others
wiz alC CfCly WIN do CdpubAC ItOl VI
culturLstS. Nor is there any consistent
explanation Of this phenomenon.
Real gardeners will get the most
pleasure out of the morning inspection.
| Every plant their hands set out has a
meaning to them. They get q genu-
Inc thrill from it all, which cannot be
received secondhand. But the intel
lectual gardener, as he might be called,
will profit immensely by the little
stroll around the boundaries.
There must be boundaries, of course
There is no more erroneous garden
| ing, unfortunately all too common,
than that which attempts to get along
without definite bounds. A wall. or q