Random reminder

Press, 28 August 1986, Page 12

Random reminder

STEALTH Hydrangeas, according to a garden book, “are very adaptable plants.” Some hydrangeas will need all their adaptability. These particular plants usually flourish in a muchloved garden. The lady of the house waters and manures them with tender, loving care, and when time comes, prunes them with great consideration for their welfare and future growth. The hydrangeas respond by blooming profusely each season.

Next summer could be different. The lady of the house is away having on overseas experience. Her husband is filling his lonely days doing maintenance around the house. New

shelves installed, painting completed, wood supply stacked, and he turned his attention to the garden. As often happens when a wife is away, another woman enters the scene. Everytime he ventures outside to garden she “just happens to be passing by.” Although flattered by her attentions and her comments about his youthful good looks, she is becoming an embarrassment and the garden is looking neglected. If you happen to pass by this particular establishment at night and see a man armed with a cutting instrument and a torch — don’t call the police. He is pruning the hydrangeas.