THE GOOD OF GARDENS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 138, 5 March 1908, Page 3

THE GOOD OF GARDENS.

There are ni'a'ny ways of looking- at, a' gardon, ;as : .'T7M lV sho\ni :by,;thb, speakers at • the. : annual, ineefing';of.' : St. Mary's Guild yesterday 1 afternoon': ." Mr.-'Hahsell ' was delighted ■' at -St". -Mary's Homes had''taUeri .iip .'gardening -as a lvobby! Hobb'ies!Vere;"good : for jjeople,'- and ho hobby, could;b'o 'mofo/deliglitful' tlian that 'of. garI doning. ; He looked ■ forward - .to - the .'future ;! when -the ;.girlsj married -and settled' in little : homes .of their , tak&^delight'-'in their . flower... gardens; ;-'a.nd;." grojw,-: delicious '■ ve'getablratTor ; 'jiheir'.husbahds'.: dinner. ' . Mkiris^r,.who: followed; ; .thought;'that. : where, '•>^e«i»Tsl^j';.#f|;':Sp^;dMcult.rto.^pfpcurt,r.i^ would -be. charming,indeed, : ' if, the" house- ' 'wifecould grow-them: for; herself,' but,-Mrs'. :Atkinsbs!/,thqught ; more--of!' the'-' vegetables ' inand Quoted v from fan-'American .medical- journal which re-; c'ciitly said': . nothing better .'for ■ ; cortaiii.;hyst'erical subjects - than ; work in a ! garden'^;'. : Tlie.<-c6ntact'. with the' earth had 1 -some', 'peculiar:'-: Curative: effect. But■', beyond' tho ; culinary/; and/the.: curative',.'advantages'' of ;tKo:,Hobby.,.wa3.;thisi that it developed l a lovci 'of; beauty;'and that in-'itself'was a 're- -- fimng;intoence;^'";!>