On Gardening

for most things to develop their full capacity and prove their suitability or lack of it. A lot can go wrong. Trees that cast a large area of shade for smaller subjects or come into conflict with others through overcrowding ought to have been given more room or perhaps put to the east side when they should have been put to the west to protect others from the prevailing wind. But if one assumes that proper thought has been given at the very beginning to matters of that sort, and it is not always so, there are still some developments that could hardly have been foretold. Some exceed in beauty or size all that one could imagine, while others of great repute, and perhaps of expense, are bitterly disappointing. In this note about some of our happier experiences I should like to describe some of our greater joys and